明朝中期,我国封建经济的母体内产生了资本主义生产关系的萌芽,小说创作首先触及这一崭新生活课题的作品是《醒世恒言·施润泽滩阙遇友》。这篇小说,相当具体形象地反映了当时城镇的繁荣状况及手工业者的思想、感情,透露出资本主义萌芽的信息,艺术上也有特点,因而在小说史、经济史上都具有较重要的意义。 In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the birth of the capitalist production relations was the birthplace of the feudal economy in our country. The novel whose work touched upon this brand new life issue in the first place was “Awakening, Shi Runze Tan Que Yu You”. This novel reflects quite vividly the urban prosperity and handicraftsmen’s thoughts and feelings at that time and reveals the seeds of capitalism. It also has artistic features. Therefore, it has an important meaning in both fiction and economic history.