叶蕙心《尔雅古注斠》的成书、体例及价值

The Compilation, Structure, and Value of Ye Huixin’s Collation of Ancient Commentaries on the Erya

摘要: 叶蕙心《尔雅古注斠》是清代《尔雅》古注辑佚链条中体例最为严整的著作之一。本文在考述作者生平与成书过程、厘清版本源流的基础上，从收录范围、编排方式、注音材料、释义方式、按断标识五个方面系统分析其编纂体例，进而评估该书在辑佚学与文献学上的性质与价值。研究表明，该书以“斠”为核心方法论，形成了“分层收录、出处可溯、己见有别”的体例系统，在清代辑佚学从“求全”走向“求精”的过程中扮演了收束与定型的角色。

Abstract: Ye Huixin’s Collation of Ancient Commentaries on the Erya is one of the most rigorously structured works in the Qing dynasty tradition of collecting lost commentaries on the Erya. Based on an investigation into the author’s life and the process of compilation, as well as a clarification of the textual history and editions, this article systematically analyzes its editorial structure from five aspects: scope of inclusion, arrangement method, phonetic materials, exegetical approach, and markers of editorial judgment. It further evaluates the work’s nature and value in the fields of textual reconstruction (jifu) and philology. The study shows that the book adopts “collation” (jiao) as its core methodology, forming a structural system characterized by “layered inclusion, traceable sources, and distinct editorial opinions.” In the Qing scholarly transition from “seeking completeness” to “seeking precision” in the collection of lost texts, this work played a role of consolidation and standardization.