This article categorizes and introduces the pilgrims particularly described in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales and points out the major contradictions of the 14th century English society that they represent.

• 本文对《坎特伯雷故事集》总引中所着力描写的朝圣者分类作了介绍,同时指出了他们所代表的十四世纪英国社会的一些突出矛盾。