“三灯”是明代三部重要传奇小说集,在中国文言短篇小说发展史上,它们起着上承唐传奇、下启《聊斋志异》的重要桥梁作用。将“三灯”作为自为的小系统,剖析其在形象塑造、叙事机制上的承传沿袭及各自特点:艺术虚构意识的充分自觉及人物形象的平民化;意象叙事谋略的成熟运用;叙事语体的韵散结合。 “Three Lights ” is a collection of three important legendary novels in the Ming Dynasty. In the history of the development of Chinese classical short stories, they play an important bridging role in bearing the legend of the Tang Dynasty and launching the “Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio”. “Three Lights” as their own small system, analyze its inheritance and its characteristics in the image shaping and narrative mechanism: the full consciousness of artistic imaginary consciousness and the common people’s image; the mature application of image narration strategy The combination of rhyming and dispersing of narrative style.