通俗言情小说在清末民初迅速兴起 ,既与文学传统有关 ,又受社会文化构成因素与发展状况制约。民国初期“言情”带有惟情倾向和伤感情调。五四以后“言情”开始融入更多的社会内容 ,欢快调子随之出现。抗战以后“社会”压倒“言情”,对男女爱情的探索更加深入 ,才子佳人模式也发生了变化 Popular romance novels rapidly rise in late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, both with the literary traditions, but also by the social and cultural factors and the status of development constraints. In the early Republic of China, “romance” had the sentimental tendency and the sad sentiment. After May Fourth “romance” began to integrate more social content, followed by cheerful tone. After the Anti-Japanese War, “society” overwhelmed “romance”, explored the love between men and women more deeply, and the modes of wit and beauty changed