<漢書·藝文志> 賦分四種辨

Abstract

In Hanshu Yiwen Records(漢書·藝文志）, What caused Fu（賦） to be divided into four parts, the past researchers had being conjecture the reasons since Zhang Xuecheng（章學誠）, the author of JiaoChou‐TongYi（校讎通義）. Their studies should be worth to be appreciated, for the textual research on the writers and writing, and the discrimination of the four parts Fu. But there is still being some obvious mistakes too, such as taking a part for the whole and using backward induction’s method. After collected and studied the academic history, I put forward the following list views on the Fu(賦) of Hanshu Yiwen Records(漢書·藝文志). The first part was got more easily at first, since which was gathered from Wu(武帝) to Xuan emperor(宣帝) in advance. Liu Xiang(劉向) collated and recognized them, and his son, Liu Xing(劉歆) added some other authors. The following second part was emended by Liu Xing(劉歆), which contained authors mostly were retinues or courtiers, almost lived the same period with them. The third part was emended by Liu Xiang(劉向) and Liu Xing(劉歆), increased by Ban Gu(班固), the writer of Hanshu(漢書). It was consisted very complex, contained some different styles, maybe collected again on the before. The last part was gained in the last time, which seems to like selected works or some anthology.