《全芳备祖》编者陈景沂姓名、籍贯考-《南京师大学报（社会科学版）》

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Title:: Name and Birthplace of Chen Jingyi, the Compiler of theBotanic Monograph Quan Fang Bei Zu

摘要:: 从书名、序言及每卷编者署名可知,《全芳备祖》编者为宋人陈景沂。清嘉庆以来,戚学标认为是同邑即太平县(今浙江温岭)泾岙人,名咏字景沂。其说当源于泾岙陈氏家谱,谱载九世祖陈咏为南北宋之交人,而《全芳备祖》编者陈景沂是南宋末年人,因名、字巧合而误作一人。天台《吴氏宗谱》抄袭泾岙陈谱,因而又有天台吴咏字景沂者编纂该书之说。《全芳备祖》本身显示编者姓陈名景沂,天台人。在没有足够理由推翻这一说法的情况下,轻易改从他说,是极不科学的。

Abstract:: The title, preface and the byline of each volume of Quan fang bei zu全芳备祖(The Foliage)all indicate that the botanic dictionary was compiled by Chen Qingyi of the Song Dynasty. However, during the Jiaqing period, Qing Dynasty, Qi Xuebiao held the view that the compiler was his fellow townsman Chen Yong, with Jingyi as his courtesy name, from a village named Jing’ao in Taiping County(now Wenling in Zhejiang Province)based on the genealogy of the Chen clan. But it is documented in the genealogy that its 9^th ancestor Chen Yong lived at the turn of the Northern and Southern Song dynasties, while the actual complier Chen Jingyi lived in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is just a coincidence that one’s name happened to be the same as another’s courtesy name. Moreover, there is another opinion that the book was compiled by Wu Yong, whose courtesy name was Jingyi, in Tiantai County(now in Zhejiang Province). This mistake is due to the fact that the genealogy of the Wu clan copied that of the Chen clan. Without adequate evidence, the book should be attributed to Chen Jingyi from Tiantai County as indicated in the book itself. It is rather unscientific to hold a different view without sufficient reliable evidence.