明代中叶以后,随着“心学”对程朱理学的冲击及资本主义萌芽的日渐滋长,一股进步的文化思潮开始涌动,价值观念也随之发生变化,明末中篇小说集《鼓掌绝尘》从不同角度揭示了社会生活的这种深刻变化。张扬自然本性、冲破封建礼教、挣脱家庭束缚、追求自主婚姻等等这些有悖传统价值尺度的观念在小说中得到了充分展现,并给予热情的赞美与讴歌。 Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the impact of “Xin Xue” on Cheng and Zhu’s Neo-Confucianism and the growing sprout of capitalism, a rising trend of cultural thoughts began to surmount and values ​​also changed. “Applauding the dust” reveals from different angles this profound change in social life. The concept of publicizing nature, breaking through the feudal ethical code, breaking away from family bondage, pursuing an independent marriage, and so forth, which ran counter to traditional values, has been fully demonstrated in the novel and given warm admiration and praise.