在中西小说的对比研究中,我们注意到了英国十八世纪小说与中国明清小说这块令人感兴趣的领域。在作具体观察的过程中,我们的目光又落在其中两部相映成趣的作品上:《摩尔·弗兰德斯》和《金瓶梅》。在对存在于二者之中众多的异同因素作一番比较后,我们的关注点又集中到这样一个问题上来:这两部小说对各自所属的文学进程曾起到过怎样的作用?显然,这是值得我们花功夫去探究的一个课题。 In the comparative study of Chinese and Western novels, we noticed the interesting area of ​​British eighteenth-century novels and Chinese novels of Ming and Qing dynasties. In the process of making a concrete observation, our eyes are again on two of the most closely matched works: “Moore Flanders” and “Jin Ping Mei”. After making a comparison of many similarities and differences existing in the two, our focus is on the issue of how these two novels played their respective literary process. Obviously, This is a subject worth our effort to explore.