明代中后期,商品经济日渐活跃,市民阶层不仅在数量上超过了前代,在结构上也繁杂于前代。那些直接取自民间,或直接面向市民的通俗文化因此也得到了一个发展契机。在这种背景下产生的“三言”系列,采取了一套区别于以经典性史传文化为代表的官方文学的叙事方式,体现在语言上,则是大量使用了为当时市民所普遍理解与接受的俗谚 In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the commodity economy became more and more active. The citizen class not only surpassed the previous generation in quantity, but also was complicated in structure by the previous generation. The popular culture, which is taken directly from the private sector or directly to the public, therefore has also been given an opportunity of development. In this context, the “Three Words” series, adopted a set of narrative ways different from the official literature represented by the classic historical biography culture, reflected in the language, is the extensive use of the public for the time Popular saying that is commonly understood and accepted