نقدی بر ویرایش جدید تاریخ بیهقی به تصحیح یاحقی، سیدی

تاریخ بیهقی از امهات متون ادبی و تاریخی ماست. برای تصحیح این کتاب زنده‌یاد فیاض عمر گذاشته و زحمت فراوان کشیده است. در سال 1388 آقایان یاحقی و سیدی تصحیح تازه‌ای از این کتاب منتشر کردند. مهم‎‌ترین حسن این تصحیح، مقدمه‌ مفصل، تعلیقات، توضیحات و فهرست‌هایی است که می‌تواند یاریگر خواننده و پژوهشگر باشد؛ اما متاسفانه مصححان آ‎‌ن‎‌قدر متن را دست‌کاری‌های ناموجه کرده‌اند که باید گفت این حسن در قبال به بیراهه کشاندن متنِ کتابی با چنان عظمت، چندان نمی‌ارزد. گمان می‌رفت پس از گذشتن بیش از یک دهه از چاپ کتاب و انتشار مقالات بسیار درباره‌ آن، در ویراست جدید بخش مهمی از اشکالات برطرف شده باشد، اما ویرایش جدید کتاب در سال 1401 که عنوان «با تجدید نظر و افزوده‌ها و اصلاحات کامل» را بر روی جلد داشت، این انتظارات را نقش بر آب کرد؛ زیرا در ویراست جدید تنها تعداد اندکی از اشکالات فراوان کتاب اصلاح شده بود. ازآنجاکه پرداختن به تمامی ایرادات این تصحیح در یک مقاله نمی‌گنجد، در مقاله‌ حاضر به پاره‌ای از این اشکالات ذیل چند عنوانِ «فاصله‌گیری از بافت هنجارمند معنایی»، «بی‌توجهی به سبک تاریخ بیهقی»، «نادیده‌انگاشتن بسامد شواهد»، «تغییرات بی‎‌توجیه»، «خوانش ناموجه متن» و «بی‌توجهی به جایگاه ذوق ادبی در تصحیح متون» می‎‌پردازیم.

criticism of the new edition of tarikh-e bayhaghi corrected by yahagghi and seyyedi

tarikh-e beyhaghi (beyhaghi’s history) is a seminal work in persian literature and historiography. fayyaz dedicated his life to correcting and improving this text. in 2009, a revised edition of the work edited by yahagghi and seyyedi was published. the primary advantage of this new edition was the detailed introduction, annotations, and supplementary materials, which greatly facilitated the work of readers and researchers. however, the editors had made numerous unjustified interventions in the text, to the extent that this benefit was largely overshadowed by the distortion of the original work of such great significance. it was anticipated that after more than a decade since the initial publication and appearance of numerous scholarly articles on the topic, many of the problems would have been addressed in the new edition. regrettably, the 2022 edition, which claimed to incorporate &complete revision, additions, and corrections&, failed to live up to these expectations as only a few of the numerous issues were rectified. due to the impracticality of addressing all the flaws of this editorial effort in a single article, the present work examined select problems under the following headings: &departure from the normative contextual meaning&, &disregard for bayhaghi’s stylistic features&, &ignoring the frequency of evidence&, &unjustified textual changes&, &unsupported readings of the text&, and &neglect of literary sensibilities in text correction&.keywords: criticism, new edition, tarikh-e beyhaghi, correction, yahagghi and seyyedi.introductionthe study and correction of the text of tarikh-e beyhaghi (bayhaghi’s history) is an ongoing scholarly endeavor. in 2018, a revised edition of this seminal work edited by yahagghi and seyyedi was published. the primary advantage of this new edition was its detailed introduction, annotations, and supplementary materials, which promised to greatly facilitate the work of readers and researchers. however, despite the editors’ efforts, this revision had fallen short of expectations. in fact, many clear and well-established expressions in the original text had been altered in a manner that was incongruent with the stylistic and semantic norms of tarikh-e beyhaghi. regrettably, the 2022 re-edition of the work, which claimed to incorporate &complete revision, additions, and corrections&, had also failed to address these issues satisfactorily. this article aimed to provide a critical assessment of this editorial endeavor, examining the problems and shortcomings in the revised versions of tarikh-e beyhaghi.materials methodsthis study employed a descriptive-analytical research approach. first, the text of tarikh-e beyhaghi was carefully examined and its semantic context and relevant stylistic norms were identified. the revised editions were then evaluated against these established textual and contextual criteria. through this analysis, numerous instances of non-compliance between the editorial changes and the normative textual features of tarikh-e beyhaghi were identified. from these problematic cases, the present work selected and examined representative examples, drawing on evidence from the original tarikh-e beyhaghi to demonstrate the inaccuracy of the editorial interventions.