明末清初,苏州地区城市文化的发展,在小说界促生了一个以冯梦龙、袁于令、金圣叹、毛宗岗、褚人获等为代表的苏州小说批评圈。他们以小说编订和评点为尚,相互交往,写出了一批重要的批评著作,提出了许多重要的理论命题,使小说批评在17世纪达到高峰,产生了巨大的理论效力和实践意义,对小说发展影响极其深远。 In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the development of urban culture in Suzhou area gave birth to a critical circle in Suzhou novels, represented by Feng Menglong, Yuan Yuling, Jin Shengtan, Mao Zongang and Chu Rennong. They wrote and criticized the novel as yet, interact with each other, wrote a number of important criticisms, put forward many important theoretical propositions, so that novel criticism peaked in the 17th century, has produced tremendous theoretical and practical significance, The development of novels has a profound impact.