Impact of Social Fashion on Novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties: An Interpretation of Image Changes in Illustrations of the Novels

To the illustrations of novels in Ming and Qing dynasties, there is a great change in the images in the composition when the format alters from the illustration above text to illustration over the page.In terms of the external style of the illustrations, this change shows the effects of the social fashion of the times.In terms of the internal form, this change is ascribed to the alternation of the image-making.To the readers, it brings brand-new reading effects.