按通常的说法，“末世”指一个朝代的衰亡时期，从表层含义看，固然可以如此，但从深层意义看，它也可以指一个正统思想衰败的时期。《桃花扇·小引》中的“末世”，应该指的是儒家思想衰败的时代。 Generally speaking, “the end of the world” refers to the decline of a dynasty period, from a superficial meaning, of course, can be true, but in the deeper sense, it can also refer to a period of decline of orthodoxy. The “end of the world” in Peach Blossom Small Citation should refer to the era of the decline of Confucianism.