211·20081Vol21,No1JournalofWenzhouUniversity·SocialSciencesJan,2008411105I206A1008-309X(2007)01-0094-0612007-03-27(1982-)952[1]31·20082119623197[2]2X,3·200821198[3],[4]1202993[1],.[M].:,1987:399.[2].[M].:,1987:2.[3].[M].:,1997:88.[4].[M].:,2004:99.DevelopmentandEvolutionofJudgesintheVernacularDetective-styleFictionsZENGLing(LiteratureandPressInstitute,XiangtanUniversity,Xiangtan,China411105)Abstract:FromSongyuanstory-tellingscriptstoQingDynasty’svernaculardetective-stylefictions,judgesdevelopmentandtheevolutiondivideintotwostages:fromSongYuantoMingdynasty,thejudgeschangedfrombeingdeniedtoaffirmedgradually;Thepositioninthenovelchangedfromtheedgetothecenter;arisedfromthehumantothegod.FromMingtothelatterQingdynasty,thejudgeschangedfrombeingaffirmedtodeniedgradually;Thepositionmovesinthenovelfromthecentertotheedge;Droppedthehumanbythegod.Thisarticlehasanalyzedthecausesofvariationsofjudgeimagesfromtheaspectsofsocialenvironment,feelingsofthemassesandcreationsubjects.Keywords:Detective-stylefictions;Judge;Songyuan;Mingdynasty;Qingdynasty