上海、北京、广州、天津等四大城市,在清末民初的近现代转型期间,它们的官场、商场都有着自己独特的历史沿革、地缘优劣和社会变异形态,但清末民初官商们的炫耀式消费却又是它们的共同特点,形成了一幅幅都市畸形风尚长卷,成为清末与北洋军阀时期的社会景象和文化景观。这些大城市都市风尚的变迁及其特色,在晚清、民初的通俗文学中都有着形象化的反映。 Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tianjin and other four major cities, during the late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China, their officialdom and malls all had their own unique historical evolution, geographical advantages and social variations. However, in the late Qing and early Republican period, Conspicuous consumption is yet their common feature, forming a long list of urban deformities fashion, became the social landscape and cultural landscape during the late Qing Dynasty and the Northern Warlords period. The vicissitudes of urban fashion and their characteristics in these metropolitan cities are vividly reflected in the popular literature of the late Qing and early Republican China.