《明代小说史》的突破与《明代小说编年史》中国古代小说本来是下里巴人的娱乐,它们的生命力都在勾栏瓦肆的宣讲、田间地头的龙门阵和消磨时光的闲暇之中,很难进入知识的传承与学者的书斋。但是,随着中西方文化的强烈撞击,西方小说体制与观念涌入国内,与当时希望变革的有识之士一拍即合,开始了所谓的小说界革命。此后,中国文学的座次开始重排,昔日完全自生自灭的小说逐渐登堂入室,成为文学世界中备受关注的一体。当然,从 Breakthrough of “Fiction History of Ming Dynasty” and “Chronicles of Ming Fictions” Chinese ancient novels were originally entertainments of the people of Ribas. Their vitality is difficult to enter into the knowledge of goblins, the gantry of fields and leisure time Inheritance and Scholars’ Study. However, with the strong impact of Chinese and Western cultures, the influx of Western novels into China has started the so-called revolution in the world of fiction with the insightful people who wanted change. Since then, the seating of Chinese literature began to be rearranged, and the novels of the past that were completely spontaneous and self-contained gradually became the focus of the literary world. Of course, from