《商君书》五卷,流传代淹,脱、衍、误、倒严重;又因其文奥字古,旧无注释,自古号为难治。清代以来,虽经严万里、俞樾、孙诒让、陶鸿庆、王时润、朱师辙、简书、陈启天等学者校释,仍有不少讹误和疑难之处。难怪有人曾说:《商君书》如断港绝航,难可通达。中华书局《新编诸子集成》选择了蒋礼鸿先生撰写的《商君书锥指》,作为《商君书》的唯一注本,收入第一辑中。该书以严万里校本(《诸子集成》原采用本)为底本,于今昔诸家之说,采择其合者,辩正其不合者,并下以己意,时有独到之论。《商君书》至此面目一新,有了“到目前为止较好的注释本”(中华书局《新编诸子集成出版缘起》)。依靠《锥指》,我们就可以读通 Five volumes of the Book of Shangjun, spread on behalf of submergence, off, Yan, mistakes, down serious; because of its ancient text, the old no comment, since the old number is refractory. Since the Qing dynasty, there are still many corrupt and problematic points in school interpretation by scholars such as Yan Wanli, Yu Xun, Sun Yatang, Tao Hongqing, Wang Shirun, Zhu Shizhen, Shu Jian and Chen Qitian. No wonder some people once said: “Shangjun book” such as the port of call, difficult to access. Zhonghua Book Company, “New Editors Integration” chose Mr. Jiang Lihong's “Shang Jun book cone”, as the only book of Shang Shang, income first series. The book to Yan Wanli school (“the integration of the original” use of this book) as the basis, in recent years, all said, the choice of their fit, to justify its disagreements, and take their own meaning, sometimes unique. “Book of Shangjun” so new, with “so far a better note this ” (Zhonghua Publishing House, “the new edicts integrated publishing source”). Rely on the “cone finger”, we can read through