明代中叶以后,社会生活的需要和经济的发展,伴随刻书业的兴盛,以苏、浙、皖、闽为中心,逐渐产生具有代表性的三大版画流派——福建建安版画、江苏金陵版画和安徽徽派版画。这三大派中,徽派版画后来居上,代表了中国古版画的最高成就。徽派古版画在中国版画发展史上具有开时代风气之先的意义。郑振铎先生称明中后期是中国古代版画史上光芒万丈的时代,他说:“这个时代,地方性虽未泯灭,而均同时提高,同向精工秀丽的那条大路上去。在木刻画史上,万历时代无疑是一个黄金时代。”1 After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the needs of social life and economic development, along with the flourishing of the engraving industry, gradually produced three representative genres of prints, namely, Jian’an prints of Fujian, Jinling prints of Jiangsu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Fujian. And Anhui Hui school prints. Among the three major factions, the Hui-style prints came from behind and represented the highest achievements of ancient Chinese engravings. Huizhou ancient engraving in the history of the development of Chinese prints with a pioneering atmosphere of the significance of the times. Mr. Zheng Zhenduo claimed that the middle and later periods are the glorious times in the history of ancient Chinese engraving. He said: “In this era, although endemicity did not disappear at the same time, Wanli era is undoubtedly a golden age. ”1