蔡桢,字嵩云,一作松筠,号柯亭,江西上铙人,为晚清民国时期著名的词学家。其所作长短句,洪泽丞评云:‘自出手眼,开径独行,才与学相资,声与文并茂。不附和今人,又不全依傍古人。’~([1])所著《词源疏证》、《乐府指迷笺释》、《柯亭词论》。后者对词之作法、词学流派等有独到见解,常为学者所称引。蔡氏又有稿本《作法集评唐宋名家词选》三卷,现藏南京图书馆。据其后所附跋语,知其原为蔡氏三十年代初执教河大时讲稿,后应友人哈蓉村之请,‘略加诠次,删节以成是编~([2]),书成于一九四八年。此选按时代编次,所选唐五代两宋词人词作凡七十五家二百一十一首。所选词人,均附作者小传,所举词作,均附古 Cai Zhen, the word Song cloud, one for Song Yun, Ke Ting, Jiangxi Shangli people, the late Qing Dynasty Republican famous Ci-writer. The length of its sentences, Hongze Cheng assessment cloud: ’since the shots eyes, open-path lone, only with the learning, sound and the text. Not attached to the present, but also by the ancients. ’~ ([1]) “Etymology Shuzheng”, “Yuefu refers to the confused interpretation”, “Ke Ting Ci theory.” The latter on the word practice, Ci school have unique insights, often cited as scholars. Chua has a manuscript “practice collection reviews Tang and Song famous word” three volumes, now possession of Nanjing Library. According to the attached postscript language, it was originally known as Chua’s coaching instruction at the beginning of the 1930’s, and after that, The book was made in 1948. This election by the times of the times, selected Tang and Five Dynasties Ci poetry for two hundred and seventy two hundred and eleven. The selected words, are attached to the author biography, the words are made, are attached to the ancient