『文選』諸本之李善注所引『左傳』校勘考辯

Abstract

As a chronicle of history, Chun Qiu Zuo Shi Zhuan demonstrated far-reaching influence in terms of historical interpretation, literary value and linguistic features. Its contents are all-encompassing, not only recording historical changes, but also including all kinds of ceremonial norms, social customs, astronomy and geography, nursery rhymes, proverbs and numerous documents. When Li Shan annotated the book Wen Xuan, he paid full attention to these contents. When Li Shan annotated the Zuo Zhuan, he mainly followed the original text, focusing mostly on its important historical events and sources of words. Many of these notes are derived from other texts cited in Zuo Zhuan, such as Yi Shi and Li. The work of proofreading the annotated text of Wen Xuan reveals additions, errors and differences in vocabulary usage with the current text of the Zuo Zhuan, especially the appearance of variant characters, ancient and modern characters, and pseudo-references. The notes of Du Preliminary recorded in the Anthology of Literature contain some content that exists only in the Anthology of Literature but not in the current Zuozhuan. Due to the lack of relevant documents, we are unable to determine the specific content of Du Qian's original commentary. However, when studying Du Pre's commentary on Zuo Zhuan, the content in the Wen Xuan commentary can be used as an important reference. These findings suggest that we cannot completely regard the existing Li Shan's Annotated Text of Wen Xuan as its original annotated state; in the face of the doubts in the annotations, we must take a skeptical and prudent attitude.