经过明代初期的休养生息,明代中期商品经济进入了一个繁荣的阶段,社会经济的繁荣促进文化的发展。小说这种文学形式在明代中后期蓬勃发展起来。本文着重从明代中后期的社会文化背景来分析明代小说发展的原因、必要条件及从小说中所反映出的明代文化特点。 After the recuperation in the early Ming Dynasty, the commodity economy entered a prosperous stage in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the social and economic prosperity promoted the development of culture. Novels of this literary form flourished in the mid and late Ming Dynasty. This paper focuses on the analysis of the reasons for the development of novels in the Ming Dynasty from the social and cultural background of the mid and late Ming Dynasty and the necessary conditions and the cultural characteristics of Ming Dynasty as reflected in the novels.