《金瓶梅》是我国第一部由文人独创的率先以市井人物与世俗风情为描写中心的长篇小说。它的诞生,标志着诸如《三国演义》、《水浒传》、《西游记》等几部小说取材于历史故事与神话传说而集体整理加工式小说创作模式的终结,开启了文人直接取材于现实社会生活而进行独立创作长篇小说的 “Jin Ping Mei” is the first novel written by a literati in China, taking the lead in taking portrayals of market-based figures and secular customs. Its birth marks the end of several collective novels such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Water Margin and The Journey to the West, based on historical stories and myths and legends, and opens the way for literati to draw directly from reality Social life and independent creation of novels