本文从小说发展史的纵向把握中，探讨故事与小说文本的关系。阐述了故事不仅是小说赖以发育、成长的胚胎，同样也是其艺术本体的构成因素。传统小说是故事的辉煌期；现代小说是故事的转型期；未来小说则是故事的稳定期。小说的过去、现在和未来都将证明：对故事的依恋实在别无选择，故事与小说同在。 This article explores the relationship between story and novel text in the longitudinal grasp of the development history of the novel. It expounds that the story is not only the embryo on which the novel depends, but also the constituent element of its art body. The traditional novel is the brilliant period of the story; the modern novel is the story of the transition period; the future novel is the story of the stable period. The past, the present, and the future of the novel will prove that there is no choice but attachment to the story, and the story is the same as the novel.