才子佳人小说是指兴起于明末清初,以《平山冷燕》、《玉娇梨》等为代表,以青年男女恋爱婚姻为主要题材的通俗小说。[1]孙楷第先生的《中国通俗小说书目》于1933年成书时,列明末至清光绪年间的才子佳人小说6 8种,1 9 5 7年版增至7 6种,1 9 8 2年版改为7 5种。[2]一些学者将才子佳人小说的内涵扩大,认为“明末清初之际才子佳人小说流派之外的其他朝代,唐、宋、元、明甚至清代中后期, The genius and beauty novels refer to the popular novels with the main theme of ”Love and Marriage of Young Men and Men“ rising in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, represented by ”Pingshan Leng Yan“ and ”Jiao Jiao Pear“. [1] When Mr. Sun Kai Di’s ”China Popular Fiction Book,“ which was booked in 1933, set forth 68 kinds of novels about the genius and beauty in the Guangxu period from the end of the Qing dynasty to the Qing dynasty, the 1967 edition increased from 1958 to 1968 The year edition is changed to 7 5 kinds. Some scholars expand the connotation of the genius and beauty novels, believing that ”the dynasties, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and even the middle and late Qing dynasty,