Jingshi Tongyan (警世通言,
Stories to Caution the World) is the second of a trilogy of widely celebrated
Ming dynasty (1368–1644) vernacular story collections, compiled and edited by
Feng Menglong and published in 1624. The first compilation, called
Gujin Xiaoshuo (古今小説) (
Stories Old and New), which is sometimes also referred to as
Yushi Mingyan (喻世明言) (
Stories to Enlighten the World or
Illustrious Words to Instruct the World) was published in Suzhou in 1620. The third publication was called
Xingshi hengyan (醒世恒言) (
Stories to Awaken the World), and was published in 1627.
These three collections, often referred to as Sanyan (三言, "Three Words") because of the character yan (言) found at the end of each title, each contain 40 stories.
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Genre
Jingshi Tongyan is considered to be a huaben (话本), that is, short novel or novella. The huaben genre has been around since the Song dynasty (960-1279). The huaben genre includes collections of short stories, like Jingshi Tongyan, historical stories, and even stories from Confucian classics.
The format of Jingshi Tongyan follows the rest of the Sanyan, in that it contains 40 chapters, with each chapter being a different short story. Ling Mengchu, under the direct influence of Sanyan, wrote 2 more collections under the same format, known as Erpai (二拍). Together, sanyan and erpai is one of the greatest ancient Chinese vernacular literatures.
Versions
There are two surviving original versions of Jingshi Tongyan, one located in Japan, belonging to Waseda University, and one in Taiwan, located in the National Library in Taipei. Because this collection was banned by the Chinese government at some point, almost all of the original copies were burned. By the early 20th century, when the Republic of China emerged, this collection was already lost. It was not until a scholar from China visiting Japan in the 1930s discovered an original copy of the collection did Jingshi Tongyan becomes popular again. The scholar had taken pictures of each page of the book and brought back to China, where it was republished again.
List of Stories
Translated titles in this table mainly follow those by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang in Titles used by other translators are listed as bullet points.
Popularity
Jingshi Tongyan proved to be popular in China after its republication. Many of the stories from the collection were used as the basis of Chinese Opera in the 60s before the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Jingshi Tongyan also proved to be popular in Japan as well, where stories were taken and transformed into Japanese tales by changing the setting to Japan.
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《
警世通言》是
明末
清初作家
馮夢龍的白話小說集,初版于天啟四年(1624年),與《
喻世明言》、《醒世恆言》被稱作「三言」。更與後來凌濛初在「三言」的直接影響下寫下兩部短篇小說集:《
初刻拍案驚奇 》、《
二刻拍案驚奇》,並稱為「三言二拍」。
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版本
今存版本,有金陵兼善堂本,日本名古屋蓬左文庫與日本東京大學東洋文化研究所的倉石武四郎文庫各有一本,台北的國家圖書館(原名中央圖書館)另有一種40卷足本。近代有人對兼善堂本傳抄,1936年由上海生活書店世界文庫根據傳抄本排印成鉛印版,鄭振鐸校注。1956年嚴敦易以世界文庫本為底本,參考三桂堂本(只剩36卷)加以修訂,並刪節了其所謂的「不甚適合於廣大讀者」的內容,重作注釋,由作家出版社出版新本,數年後嚴敦易注釋本改由人民文學出版社出版。這個版本有被香港中華書局及台北里仁書局翻印。
1955年,現代的李田意至日本將《三言二拍》拍攝成膠卷,1958年臺北世界書局將《三言》的膠卷直接影印出版,三民書局據此出版鉛印本,沒有刪節。
內容
《警世通言》共有40卷,每卷為一個短篇小說,收錄的是宋元的話本以及明代的擬話本,其中如《陳可常端陽仙化》、《崔待詔生死冤家》等宋元舊作占了將近一半。
在主題方面,愛情描寫在《警世通言》中占了很大比例,包括「杜十娘怒沉百寶箱」、「玉堂春落難逢夫」等名篇,其中「杜十娘怒沉百寶箱」在「思想性和藝術性方面都代表了明代擬話本的最高成就」。而「俞伯牙摔琴謝知音」、「李謫仙醉草嚇蠻書」都刻畫了古代知識分子的形象。
章回目錄
• 第一卷 俞伯牙摔琴謝知音
• 第二卷 莊子休鼓盆成大道
• 第三卷 王安石三難蘇學士
• 第四卷 拗相公飲恨半山堂
• 第五卷 呂大郎還金完骨肉
• 第六卷 俞仲舉題詩遇上皇
• 第七卷 陳可常端陽仙化
• 第八卷 崔待詔生死冤家
• 第九卷 李謫仙醉草嚇蠻書
• 第十卷 錢舍人題詩燕子樓
• 第十一卷 蘇知縣羅衫再合
• 第十二卷 范鰍兒雙鏡重圓
• 第十三卷 三現身包龍圖斷冤
• 第十四卷 一窟鬼癩道人除怪
• 第十五卷 金令史美婢酬秀童
• 第十六卷 小夫人金錢贈年少
• 第十七卷 鈍秀才一朝交泰
• 第十八卷 老門生三世報恩
• 第十九卷 崔衙內白鷂招妖
• 第二十卷 計押番金鰻產禍
• 第二十一卷 趙太祖千里送京娘
• 第二十二卷 宋小官團圓破氈笠
• 第二十三卷 樂小舍拚生覓偶
• 第二十四卷 玉堂春落難逢夫
• 第二十五卷 桂員外途窮懺悔
• 第二十六卷 唐解元一笑姻緣
• 第二十七卷 假神仙大鬧華光廟
• 第二十八卷 白娘子永鎮雷峰塔
• 第二十九卷 宿香亭張浩遇鶯鶯
• 第三十卷 金明池吳清逢愛愛
• 第三十一卷 趙春兒重旺曹家莊
• 第三十二卷 杜十娘怒沉百寶箱
• 第三十三卷 喬彥傑一妾破家
• 第三十四卷 王嬌鸞百年長恨
• 第三十五卷 況太守斷死孩兒
• 第三十六卷 皂角林大王假形
• 第三十七卷 萬秀娘仇報山亭兒
• 第三十八卷 蔣淑真刎頸鴛鴦會
• 第三十九卷 福祿壽三星度世
• 第四十卷 旌陽宮鐵樹鎮妖
注釋
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