The Critical Biography of Taowu, a kind of critical novel, bridging the Gold Plume Vase and The Exposure of the Official World, is an important chain in linking.

• ?杌闲评》前绍《金瓶梅》,后启《官场现形记》等谴责小说,是明清世情小说发展史上不可忽视的一个链条。