CAJ | 학술논문

狐刚子是中国古代著名科学家，但其生卒年代古籍中未见记载，陈国符认为他是晋人，约与葛洪同时代，赵匡华、容志毅认为他是东汉末期人。通过对狐刚子著作历代著录情况与《黄帝九鼎神丹经诀》、《太古土兑经》以及其他丹经引述狐刚子著作情况分析后发现，狐刚子活动时代诸书记载莫衷一是，无一可靠，故其著作年代不能依据其活动时代来确定，反之，可以确定狐刚子最早的著作出于南北朝或隋，故其活动年代不会早至汉末或葛洪时代。
호강자시중국고대저명과학가，단기생졸년대고적중미견기재，진국부인위타시진인，약여갈홍동시대，조광화、용지의인위타시동한말기인。통과대호강자저작역대저록정황여《황제구정신단경결》、《태고토태경》이급기타단경인술호강자저작정황분석후발현，호강자활동시대제서기재막충일시，무일가고，고기저작년대불능의거기활동시대래학정，반지，가이학정호강자최조적저작출우남북조혹수，고기활동년대불회조지한말혹갈홍시대。
Hu Gangzi is a famous scientist in ancient China, but the times about his birth and death or not to be seen in ancient books. Chen Guofu claimed Hu Gangzi lived in Jin dynasty, whereas Zhao Kuanghua and Rong Zhiyi deemed that he lived in late Eastern Han. By checking the writings inscribed by Hu Gangzi, this paper finds that no account referring to Hu's age of activity is reliable. On the contrary, the paper confirms that his earliest works appeared in the Northern and Southern dynasties, which indicate Hu Gangzi's active age cannot be traced back to late Eastern Han or Ge Hong's age.