《五色石》是清初的拟话本小说。从书中作者的自序到故事情节等都可以看出此书当时的教化功用,但是作者并没有因此而忽略拟话本小说的娱乐性,在题材选取、人物设置、情节安排、结构布局、细节描写等方面均有一番特殊的处理,增强了作品的艺术感染力,这也使得此书在同时期同类作品中成就突出。 “Colored Stone” is a fictional novel in the early Qing Dynasty. However, the writer did not neglect the entertaining character of the novels based on the author’s autobiography, the story sequence and so on. However, Description and other aspects of a special treatment, enhance the artistic appeal of the work, which also makes this book in the same period outstanding achievements in similar works.