The development of its narrative pattern paves the way for the prosperity of novels as well as novelettes in the vernacular Chinese in the succeeding years of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

• 中篇传奇小说敍事格局的形成与发展，为明清以降白话中、长篇小说的繁盛，储存了许多有益的经验、实践和机会。