司马迁“孔子删《诗》”说补证

摘要

It is a great thing in Chinese cultural history that the Book of Songs was selected and edited by Confucius. However, we have long been doubting and even denying it due to the insufficient evidence, which is apparently worthy of academic reflec-tion. On the basis of previous studies, it is proposed in this paper that the Book of Songs was selected and edited by Confucius from the following five aspects: comparison between three thousand ancient poems and few outstanding poems, the Book of Three Hundred Songs and Ji Zha’s enjoying music, the innocence of the Book of Songs, the authority of Confucius selecting po-ems and editing the Book of Songs, and the problem of having no books to record the fact that the Book of Songs was selected and edited by Confucius, which indicates that the statement the Book of Songs was selected and edited by Confucius is totally credible.%“孔子删《诗》”乃是中国文化史上的一件大事，人们在并无充分根据的情况下，竟然长期对此表示怀疑，甚至完全予以否定，这样的学术趋尚显然值得深思。基于对“古诗三千”与“逸诗”稀少、“《诗》三百”与“季札观乐”、“思无邪”、“孔子删《诗》”的权利以及“孔子删《诗》”史书无载等五个方面的文献参证与综合论证，不难发现“孔子删《诗》”是完全可信的。