The fourth chapter analyzes comic factors of the prose, which can destroy the rigidity of traditional prose, but counteracted the exposing of individual aesthetic feeling to a degree.

• 第五章描述晚明小品文体的发展历程，主要包括其对以往散文的继承，晚明小品自身的文体发展历程，以及所受到的通俗文类的文体影响。