本文梳理了从1901年至今一百多年间,用英语写成的中国文学史之中对《红楼梦》的介绍与评说。这些不同时期的文学史对《红楼梦》的关注,从内容浅显的小说梗概到较为具体的评价和流派介绍,有着逐渐向系统化、学术化发展的过程。它们的编写特点也反映了不同编者的研究风格,折射出西方学者对中国文学的认识及读者的阅读需求和兴趣变化等。 This article combs the introduction and comments on “Dream of Red Mansions” in the history of Chinese literature written in English from 1901 to the present one hundred years. The literary history of these different periods paid more attention to A Dream of Red Mansions, from the outline of a simple novels to a more specific evaluation and genre introduction, which gradually developed into a systematic and academic process. Their writing features also reflect the research style of different editors, reflecting the Western scholars ’understanding of Chinese literature and readers’ reading needs and interest changes.