Lu Xun Complete Works/en/Wuchang
Life and Death
This section contains parts of Ji Kang's philosophical treatise On Music Having No Grief or Joy as well as Lu Xun's early poems and literary scholarship from the years 1925-1927. Lu Xun was not only a writer but also an outstanding literary scholar. His A Brief History of Chinese Fiction and his edition of Ji Kang's works attest to his profound erudition.
Original text (excerpt): 【一九一八年】 【梦】 很多的梦，趁黄昏起哄。 前梦才挤却大前梦时，后梦又赶走了前梦。 去的前梦黑如墨，在的后梦墨一般黑； 去的在的仿佛都说，“看我真好颜色；” 颜色许好，暗里不知； 而且不知道，说话的是谁？ ○ ○ ○ 暗里不知，身热头痛。 你来你来！明白的梦。 （《新青年》第四卷第五号。） 【爱之神】 一个小娃子，展开翅子在空中， 一手搭箭，一手张弓， 不知怎么一下，一箭射着前胸。 “小娃子先生，谢你胡乱栽培！ 但得告诉我！我应该爱谁？” 娃子着慌，摇头说：“唉！ 你
This section contains parts of Ji Kang's philosophical treatise On Music Having No Grief or Joy as well as Lu Xun's early poems and literary scholarship from the years 1925-1927. Lu Xun was not only a writer but also an outstanding literary scholar. His A Brief History of Chinese Fiction and his edition of Ji Kang's works attest to his profound erudition.
Original text (excerpt): 主人答曰：“难云：虽歌哭殊万，善听察者要自觉之，不假智于常音，不借验于曲度。钟子之徒云云是也。此为心哀 各本作悲 者，虽谈笑鼓舞，情欢者，虽拊膺咨嗟，独不能御外形以自匿，诳察者于疑似也。尔为已就 四字各本作以为就令。旧校同 声音之无常，犹谓当有哀乐耳。又曰：季子听声，以知众国之风；师襄奏操，而仲尼睹文王之容。案如所云，此为文王之功德，与风俗之盛衰，皆可象之于声音。声之轻重，可移于后世，襄涓之巧，又 各本字夺 能得之于将来。若然者，三皇五帝，可不绝于今日，何独数事哉？若此果然也，则文王之操有常度，韶武之音有定数，不可杂以他变，操以余声也。则向所谓声音之无常，钟子之触类，于是乎踬矣。若音声之无常 原钞夺之字、常字。黄汪本同。据程二张本加 ，钟子之 黄汪本字夺 触类，其果然邪？则仲尼之识微，季札之善听，固亦诬矣。此皆俗儒妄记，欲神其事而追为耳。欲令天下 四字从旧校及各本 惑声音之道，不言理自。尽
This section contains parts of Ji Kang's philosophical treatise On Music Having No Grief or Joy as well as Lu Xun's early poems and literary scholarship from the years 1925-1927. Lu Xun was not only a writer but also an outstanding literary scholar. His A Brief History of Chinese Fiction and his edition of Ji Kang's works attest to his profound erudition.
Original text (excerpt): 主人答曰：“虽人情感 黄本讹慼 于哀乐，哀乐各有多少。又哀乐之极，不必同致也。夫小哀容 程本讹密 坏，甚悲而泣；哀之方也。小欢颜悦，至乐而笑 各本作心愉 ；乐之理也。何以言 各本作明 之？夫至亲安豫，则怡然自若 各本作恬若自然 ，所猖狂 各本作自得 也。及在危急，仅然后济，则抃不及儛。由此言之，儛之不若向之自得，岂不然哉？至夫笑噱，虽出于欢情，然自以理成；又非 各本六字夺。旧校亦删 自然应声之具也。此为乐之应声，以自得为主；哀之应感，以垂涕为故。垂涕则形动而可觉，自得则神合而无变 各本作忧 。是以观其异，而不识其同 原钞四字夺。依各本及旧校加 ；别其外，而未察其内耳。然笑噱之不显于声音，岂独齐楚之曲邪？今不求乐于自得之域，而以无笑噱谓齐楚体哀，岂不知哀而不识乐乎？” 秦客问曰：“仲尼有言：移风易俗，莫善于乐。即如所论，凡百哀乐，皆不在声，则 各本作即 移风易俗，果以何物邪？又古人慎靡
This section discusses the novel Dream of the Red Chamber from Lu Xun's A Brief History of Chinese Fiction from the years 1925-1927. Lu Xun was not only a writer but also an outstanding literary scholar. His A Brief History of Chinese Fiction and his edition of Ji Kang's works attest to his profound erudition.
Original text (excerpt): 本文所叙事则在石头城 非即金陵 之贾府，为宁国、荣国二公后。宁公长孙曰敷，早死；次敬袭爵，而性好道，又让爵于子珍，弃家学仙；珍遂纵恣，有子蓉，娶秦可卿。荣公长孙曰赦，子琏，娶王熙凤；次曰政；女曰敏，适林海，中年而亡，仅遗一女曰黛玉。贾政娶于王，生子珠，早卒；次生女曰元春，后选为妃；次复得子，则衔玉而生，玉又有字，因名宝玉，人皆以为“来历不小”，而政母史太君尤钟爱之。宝玉既七八岁，聪明绝人，然性爱女子，常说：“女儿是水作的骨肉，男人是泥作的骨肉。”人于是又以为将来且为“色鬼”；贾政亦不甚爱惜，驭之极严，盖缘“不知道这人来历。……若非多读书识字，加以致知格物之功，悟道参玄之力者，不能知也” 戚本第二回贾雨村云 。而贾氏实亦“闺阁中历历有人”，主从之外，姻连亦众，如黛玉、宝钗，皆来寄寓，史湘云亦时至，尼妙玉则习静于后园。右即贾氏谱大要，用虚线者其姻连，著×者夫妇，著＊者在“金陵十二钗”之数者也。
This section discusses the novel Dream of the Red Chamber from Lu Xun's A Brief History of Chinese Fiction from the years 1925-1927. Lu Xun was not only a writer but also an outstanding literary scholar. His A Brief History of Chinese Fiction and his edition of Ji Kang's works attest to his profound erudition.
Original text (excerpt): 然谓《红楼梦》乃作者自叙，与本书开篇契合者，其说之出实最先，而确定反最后。嘉庆初，袁枚 《随园诗话》二 已云：“康熙中，曹练亭为江宁织造，……其子雪芹撰《红楼梦》一书，备记风月繁华之盛。中有所谓大观园者，即余之随园也。”末二语盖夸，余亦有小误 如以楝为练，以孙为子 ，但已明言雪芹之书，所记者其闻见矣。而世间信者特少，王国维 《静庵文集》 且诘难此类，以为“所谓‘亲见亲闻’者，亦可自旁观者之口言之，未必躬为剧中之人物”也，迨胡适作考证，乃较然彰明，知曹雪芹实生于荣华，终于苓落，半生经历，绝似“石头”，著书西郊，未就而没；晚出全书，乃高鄂续成之者矣。 雪芹名霑，字芹溪，一字芹圃，正白旗汉军。祖寅，字子清，号楝亭，康熙中为江宁织造。清世祖南巡时，五次以织造署为行宫，后四次皆寅在任。然颇嗜风雅，尝刻古书十余种，为时所称；亦能文，所著有《楝亭诗钞》五卷《词钞》一卷 《四库书目》 ，传奇二
This section contains Ji Kang's philosophical treatise on dwellings and living, along with a rebuttal from the years 1925-1927. Lu Xun was not only a writer but also an outstanding literary scholar. His A Brief History of Chinese Fiction and his edition of Ji Kang's works attest to his profound erudition.
Original text (excerpt): 第八卷 宅无吉凶摄生论 难上 各本无此二字。旧校亦删 夫善求寿强者，必先知夭 各本作灾。旧校同。案：夭疾与寿强为对文。原钞于义为长 疾之所自来，然后其至可防也。祸起于此，为防于彼；则祸无自瘳矣。世有安宅，葬埋，阴阳，度 原作步。据各本及旧校改 数，刑德之忌，是何所生乎？不见性命，不知祸福也。不见故妄求，不知故干 程本讹于 幸。是以善执生者，见性命之所宜，知祸福之所来。故求之实，而防之信，夫多饮而走，则为澹支；数行而风，则为养 各本作痒 毒；久居于湿，则要疾偏枯；好内不怠，则昏丧女疾 各本讹文房 。若此之类，灾之所以来，寿之所以去也。而掘墓 各本作基 筑室 各本作宅 ，费日苦身以求之，疾生于形，而治加于土木，是疾无道瘳矣 各本字无 。诗云 各本作曰 ：恺悌君子，求福不回者，匪避谤议而为义然也；盖知回匪所求福也；故寿强。专 程本讹传 气致柔，少私寡欲，直行
This section discusses Tang Dynasty Chuanqi literature from Lu Xun's A Brief History of Chinese Fiction from the years 1925-1927. Lu Xun was not only a writer but also an outstanding literary scholar. His A Brief History of Chinese Fiction and his edition of Ji Kang's works attest to his profound erudition.
Original text (excerpt): 第五篇 ，大旨悉同，当即此篇所本。明人汤显祖之《邯郸记》，则又本之此篇。既济文笔简炼，又多规诲之意，故事虽不经，尚为当时推重，比之韩愈《毛颖传》；间亦有病其俳谐者，则以作者尝为史官，因而绳以史法，失小说之意矣。既济又有《任氏传》 见《广记》四百五十二 一篇，言妖狐幻化，终于守志殉人，“虽今之妇人有不如者”，亦讽世之作也。 “吴兴才人” 李贺语 沈亚之字下贤，元和十年进士第，太和初为德州行营使者柏耆判官，耆以罪贬，亚之亦谪南康尉，终郢州掾 约八世纪末至九世纪中 ，集十二卷，今存。亚之有文名，自谓“能创窈窕之思”，今集中有传奇文三篇 《沈下贤集》卷二卷四，亦见《广记》二百八十二及二百九十八 ，皆以华艳之笔，叙恍忽之情，而好言仙鬼复死，尤与同时文人异趣。《湘中怨》记郑生偶遇孤女，相依数年，一旦别去，自云“蛟宫之娣”，谪限已满矣，十余年后，又遥见之画舻中，含悲歌，
This is a typographical remnant fragment, a single opening bracket, belonging to the beginning of a chapter heading in Lu Xun's 'A Brief History of Chinese Fiction' and separated from the main text through the division into sections.
This section discusses Tang Dynasty Chuanqi literature from Lu Xun's A Brief History of Chinese Fiction from the years 1925-1927. Lu Xun was not only a writer but also an outstanding literary scholar. His A Brief History of Chinese Fiction and his edition of Ji Kang's works attest to his profound erudition.
Original text (excerpt): 第九篇 唐之传奇文（下）】 然传奇诸作者中，有特有关系者二人：其一，所作不多而影响甚大，名亦甚盛者曰元稹；其二，多所著作，影响亦甚大而名不甚彰者曰李公佐。 元稹字微之，河南河内人，举明经，补校书郎，元和初应制策第一，除左拾遗，历监察御史，坐事贬江陵，又自虢州长史征入，渐迁至中书舍人承旨学士，进工部侍郎同平章事，未几罢相，出为同州刺史，又改越州，兼浙东观察使。太和初，入为尚书左丞检校户部尚书，兼鄂州刺史武昌军节度使，五年七月暴疾，一日而卒于镇，时年五十三 七七九——八三一 ，两《唐书》皆有传。稹自少与白居易唱和，当时言诗者称元白，号为“元和体”，然所传小说，止《莺莺传》 见《广记》四百八十八 一篇。 《莺莺传》者，即叙崔张故事，亦名《会真记》者也。略谓贞元中，有张生
This is a typographical remnant fragment, a single opening bracket, belonging to the beginning of the heading of the tenth chapter in Lu Xun's 'A Brief History of Chinese Fiction,' isolated through the division of the text into sections.
This section discusses Tang Dynasty Chuanqi literature from Lu Xun's A Brief History of Chinese Fiction from the years 1925-1927. Lu Xun was not only a writer but also an outstanding literary scholar. His A Brief History of Chinese Fiction and his edition of Ji Kang's works attest to his profound erudition.
Original text (excerpt): 第十篇 唐之传奇集及杂俎】 造传奇之文，会萃为一集者，在唐代多有，而煊赫莫如牛僧孺之《玄怪录》。僧孺字思黯，本陇西狄道人，居宛叶间，元和初以贤良方正对策第一，条指失政，鲠讦不避宰相，至考官皆调去，僧孺则调伊阙尉，穆宗即位，渐至御史中丞，后以户部侍郎同中书门下平章事，武宗时累贬循州长史，宣宗立，乃召还为太子少师，大中二年卒，赠太尉，年六十九 七八○——八四八 ，曰文简，有传在两《唐书》。僧孺性坚僻，而颇嗜志怪，所撰《玄怪录》十卷，今已佚，然《太平广记》所引尚三十一篇，可以考见大概。其文虽与他传奇无甚异，而时时示人以出于造作，不求见信；盖李公佐李朝威辈，仅在显扬笔妙，故尚不肯言事状之虚，至僧孺乃并欲以构想之幻自见，因故示其诡设之迹矣。《元无有》即其一例： 宝应中，有