官场小说是以反映当下社会的官场生态环境以及官员生活状态和行为模式的文学作品,在不同文化和不同历史背景下的文学中都有所呈现,往往根据作者对官场文化的理解和作品的审美取向各有侧重。在中国传统文化中,“官本位”思想可谓由来已久,不仅成为普通民众思维中习以为常的价值评判参考,更衍生出中国独有的官场文化。无论是在传统社会的架构体系中,还是接受了西方文明影响的20世纪初,中国文学都始终没有将自己的视线远离官场,进而形成了中国文学长久的官场小说传统。一、潜藏的官场生态中国文学对于官场生态的描写始终抱有高度的热 Officialdom novels are literary works that reflect the current officialdom’s ecological environment and official lifestyles and behavior models in contemporary society. They are presented in different cultures and literary backgrounds with different historical backgrounds, often based on the author’s understanding of officialdom culture and aesthetic appreciation of his works Different orientations. In traditional Chinese culture, “official status” can be described for a long time not only as a reference to ordinary people’s thinking of value, but also as a unique official culture in China. Both in the traditional social architecture and in the early twentieth century, the Chinese literature never left their sight away from the officialdom, thus forming the long tradition of officialdom novels in Chinese literature. First, the hidden officialdom ecology Chinese literature for the description of officialdom ecology has always been a high degree of heat