「馬王堆黃老帛書四種」書名相關問題探討

Abstract

湖南長沙馬王堆三號漢墓出土的帛書，其中有四種抄在帛書《老子》乙本前的古佚書，屬於黃老思想之作，引起學者們的關注。黃老帛書四種之命名，筆者暫以「馬王堆黃老帛書四種」稱之，以涵蓋其學術特質，但非為其原本書名。馬王堆黃老帛書四種可視為戰國末期、漢初黃老之學的重要著作，就目前可供分析的資料而論，並不能證明即為《漢書‧藝文志》所錄之《黃帝四經》。

Among the silk books unearthed from Han Tomb no.3 at Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan, there were four types of ancient Guyi books appeared before the silk book Lao tze, and were works on Huang-lao thoughts. Those books have drawn the attention of scholars. The naming of the four silk books of Huang-lao is referred to as "Four Silk Books of Huang-lao from Mawangdui" in this study, in order to illustrate their academic characteristics. Thus, it is not the original name of the books. "Four Silk Books of Huang-lao from Mawangdui" are regarded as important writings on the study of Huang-lao in the end of Warring States and early Han Dynasty. Based on the available data, they could not be proven the The Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor included in Hanshu‧Yiwenzhi.