近20年《水浒传》版本研究述评

尽管近20年的《水浒传》版本研究成果并不特别突出,但由于研究范围、学术视野和考察重点的转换,学界在简本研究、祖本探考和部分罕见繁本的分析上还是超越了前人,呈现出局部深刻的特征,但同时也存在着若干问题,值得引起我们的深思。

A Review of Studies Addressing Different Editions of Water Margin in the Last Two Decades

Water Margin, one of the four greatest Chinese novels in history, also known as Outlaws of the Marsh, and Tale of the Marshes, has many different editions. Many scholars in the past 20 years have addressed themselves to the edition study of Water Margin, though the achievements made so far still remain inconspicuous. However, clue to shifts in research scope, academic focus, and research priorities, scholars of the modern era do excel their predecessors in terms of their investigative analyses of the abridged edition, original edition and detailed edition of the novel. This paper attempts a brief account of the distinctive features of present - day studies over the editions of Water Margin in the last 20 years, as well as the existing problems worth reflecting on in their research process.