唐代以商贾为题材的小说大量出现,由于作者人数多、作品数量多、时间跨越长,而且唐人小说有些作品产生的具体的年代也有待考订,所以很难对唐人小说中商贾统计,以显示商人形象的转变与时代的关系。但从总体来说,这些作品大多出自中晚唐、五代。本文力图从以上三个层面探讨《太平广记》中商贾小说的演变历程。一以商人或者与商人有密切关系者为主角,但是故事内容与商业活动无关。即小说当中商人是主人公或者是与主人公关系密切的人,比如说商贾之妻、子、女等,并且直接推动情节的发展,但是故事并不是讲述直接与商人的经商活动密切相关。故事在工、农、士、商身上均可 Due to the large number of authors, the large number of works and the long span of time, the specific age of some works in the Tang novel also needs to be determined. Therefore, it is very difficult to show the statistics of the merchants in the novels of Tang Dynasty The Change of Businessman Image and the Relation of the Times. But on the whole, most of these works come from the middle and late Tang and Five Dynasties. This article tries hard to explore the evolution of commercial novel in “Taipingguangji” from the above three aspects. A businessman or businessman and has a close relationship as the protagonist, but the story has nothing to do with commercial activities. In other words, the businessman is the protagonist or the protagonist closely related to the protagonist, such as the wife, son and daughter of the merchant, and directly promotes the development of the plot. However, the story is not about the direct connection with the businessman’s business activities. The story of workers, farmers, scholars, business who can be