| Abstract |
During the Jia Qing（嘉慶）Period to the Dao Guang（道光）Period, Shen Lou Zh（蜃樓志）, Qing Feng Jia（清風閘）, Ya Guan Lou（雅觀樓）, Ch Ren Fu（痴人福）, and Yu Chan Ji（玉蟾記） are famous secular novels. And what are the differences between them and the classical ones, such as Jin Ping Mei （金瓶梅）and Dream of the Red Chamber（紅樓夢）? In fact, all of them had the tendency of the combination of different types, and prefered to be novelettes. These features prove that they were popular and commercial works during the medium term of Qing Dynasty.
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