宫崎市定(1901—1995)是日本颇负盛名的东洋史学家,也是战后日本“京都学派”的第二代巨匠。其著作《宫崎市定全集》共25卷,几乎包括汉学全部领域,从社会结构、政治体制、经济形态、权力关系、政府组织各方面对汉文化的发展进行了深刻的研究。《宫崎市定说水浒》是其中的第12卷。尽管此书并不是一部严格意义的学术著作,但是其中也包含有相当深厚的学术意蕴。在该书的《前言》一开始说:“从少年时代起,我就是一个《水浒传》迷。”初中三年级时,他对带有北齐插图的高井兰山译本《水 Miyazaki City (1901-1995) is Japan’s prestigious Oriental historian, but also post-war Japan “Kyoto school ” second-generation master. His book “Miyazaki City, the Complete Works of the Set,” a total of 25 volumes, including almost all areas of Sinology, from the social structure, political system, economic form, power relations, government organizations in all aspects of the development of Chinese culture conducted a profound study. “Miyazaki City said Water Margin” is one of the twelfth volume. Although this book is not a scholarly work of strict sense, it also contains quite profound academic implication. At the beginning of the book’s Preface, he said: “From a young age, I was a fan of the Water Margin.” In the third grade of junior high school, he translated Takasanran Mountain with Northern Qi illustrations