《发微论》作者考及相关问题  

On the Author of the Book Faweilun and Related Issues

作　　者：刘轶 LU Yi

机构地区：[1]上海视觉艺术学院,上海201620 [2]上海社会科学院,上海200233

出　　处：《上海视觉》2022年第2期8-11,共4页Shanghai Vision

摘　　要：《发微论》为传统堪舆界公认的经典文本。古人大多认为此书不同于术士的“村言俗语”,能正人心、变风俗、承圣言、明大道,是“推达理于小术”的代表。其作者历来有三说:一为蔡发,一为蔡元定,一为蔡发蔡元定父子二人。今就相关记载分析,明中期之前多以蔡发为撰者,明晚期李国木《地理大全》刊印风行,蔡元定为撰者之说方广为流传。本文倾向于其作者为蔡发之说。至于《发微论》成书年代,若为蔡发所撰,则不晚于绍兴壬申;若认定为蔡元定所撰或蔡氏父子合撰,则不晚于乾道丙戌。Faweilun is a classic book on Geomancy recognized by the traditional geomantic circles.Most of the ancients believed that this book was different from charlatanism.Instead,the book could help people in setting their minds in line with conventional virtues,transforming customs,inheriting the ancient saints’teachings and understanding and taking the proper way,thus it is seen as the representative work of revealing the truth through simple techniques.However,the author of book still remains a mystery,abut whom people usually have three speculations:the first is CAI Fa;the second is CAI Fa’s son CAI Yuanding;and the third is both the father and the son.Based on the analysis of relevant records,I discovered that CAI Fa was believed the author of the book before the mid-Ming Dynasty,but after the publication of the book DiLi DaQuan(“Geographic Encyclopedia”)written by LI Guomu in the late Ming Dynasty,the rumor that Cai Yuanding was the author became popular in the world.I’m in favor of the idea that the author of the book is CAI Fa.As for the date of writing the book Faweilun,if the book was written by CAI Fa,it would be completed before the year 1152;and if it was written by CAI Yuanding or co-authored by both the father and the son,it would be completed before the year 1166.

关 键 词：蔡发 蔡元定 《发微论》 堪舆术 

分 类 号：G63[文化科学—教育学]