While these works were simply reflecting the budding of modem biography, they have contributed, together with the introduction of abundant Western works, to the debut of modem Chinese biography.

• 藉此，本文认为尽管晚明人物小传的现代传记特征只能算是萌芽，但它作为充分内因，与西方传记大量输入这一外因条件共同促使了中国现代传记的出现。