Abstract:

The article argues that the development of novels in modern China before 1915 had prepared the way for the arising of "the Revolution in the field of novel". The import of advanced printing technology, the emergence of new media such as newspaper, the flourish of translation novels and the development of novel theory, all these elements have made this stage very significant in the history of Chinese novels. At the beginning of the 20th century, LIANG Qi-chao's advocacy of political novels changed the orientation of the development of novels and caused so-called "the Revolution in the field of novel", which was, however, temporal.

Key words: novels in modern China before 1915, Revolution in the field of novel, preparation