白话小说在其崛起过程中,《太平广记》起到了重要作用。作为“说话”行业教育的“教科书”,《太平广记》不仅成为宋元话本最重要的故事来源,为宋元话本的创作提供了宝贵的艺术经验,还对白话小说观念的形成与白话小说的分类产生了有益的帮助,从而多方面、深层次地影响了中国古代白话小说的生成。 In the process of its rise, vernacular novels played an important role. As the “textbook” of “speaking” industry education, “Taipingguangji” not only became the most important source of stories in the Song and Yuan dialects, but also provided precious artistic experience for the creation of the Song and Yuan dialects. The classification of vernacular novels has produced useful help, which affects the formation of ancient Chinese vernacular novels in many aspects and profoundly.