史书有云:“不遇盘根错节,何以别利器乎?”(《后汉书.虞诩传》)这个道理对明代文学研究颇具启发性。明代文学研究的特性,很大程度上缘于明代文学史及其研究史的复杂性。历史发展规律决定了明代在社会形态的许多方面表现得远比前代复杂。在此条件下生成的明代文学,与 The history of the book there is: “not met the wrong way, why no other device?” (“Later Han Yu Yu Chuan”) This truth is instructive on the literature of the Ming Dynasty. The characteristics of Ming Dynasty literature research are largely due to the complexity of Ming Dynasty literature history and its research history. The law of historical development decided that the Ming Dynasty performed far more complicated than the previous generation in many aspects of social form. Ming Dynasty literature generated under this condition