The author, Wu Jingzi, by portraying many editors and satirizing them, showed his editorial concepts, which are of great realistic significance today.

• 作者吴敬梓在描写诸多编辑形象、对他们给予讽刺和鞭挞的同时,也透露了作者的编辑理念。这些,至今仍有不可忽视的现实意义。