在中国古代小说发展的历史长河中 ,文言小说从产生之日起 ,迄《聊斋志异》问世 ,其艺术功能一直是比较狭窄的。蒲松龄则在前人的基础上 ,大大地增强了对现实生活的干预意识和批判意识 ,从而使文言小说的艺术功能发生了巨大的变化 ,标志着我国文言小说的发展已达到了一个新的高峰 In the long history of the development of Chinese ancient novels, the artistic function of classical novels has been relatively narrow since its birth and until the advent of Strange Stories in Liaozhai Studio. On the basis of his predecessors, Pu Songling greatly enhanced the intervention awareness and critical awareness of the real life, resulting in tremendous changes in the artistic function of classical Chinese novels, which marked that the development of Chinese classical novels has reached a new peak