A fiction anthology of Ming Dynasty is a collection of novels or short stories of a fictionist. The recent years has seen some achievements in not only the discovery, the col lection and publication of the anthology, but in the ideology, the art and the development of the anthology. However, there is still a big gap between the current research and the potential research significance which completely rests with the taste inclination and the disposition and gift of the anthologist. As the tie between anthologist and reader, an anthology is not only a literary collection for reading, but also a critical form compromising the ideology of the fiction, the time spirit and the appreciatory inclination. The paper attempts to make an overall investigation on the fiction anthology.
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