摘要:《金瓶梅》以西门庆为核心，辐射出两个生活圈，一个是官场世界，一个是市井社会，且对儒林的讽刺也颇有深度。单从表面看，这部小说只是一个小小家庭的兴衰史，而深层次展现给读者的则是当时整个社会的腐败图景，官、商、儒的糜烂世界。小说围绕西门庆勾联出的三个世界展开描写，即官场、市井、儒林，通过对其细致的叙述，阐述和揭露黑暗的现象和本质，发掘病态社会的官场与儒林的真实，朝廷命官，市井混混以及儒生齐齐亮相，给我们展示了一个真实而腐化虚伪的社会，揭露权、钱、色下的不堪,暴露明代中后期官场与知识界的真面目。

关键词    官场，儒林，知识界，权钱，权色

ABSTRACT:Jin Ping Mei to Ximen Qing as the core, radiation two life circle, one is the official world, one is the urban society, and on the irony also has a depth. Look from the surface, this novel is just a small family history, and deep level shows to the readers is a picture of the corruption of the whole society, The rotten world of government, business and scholars. The novel revolves around the world of Ximen Qing descriped the officialdom, scholars, through the meticulous description, elaboration and expose the phenomenon and essence of the dark, officialdom and the excavation of the morbid society reality, court officials, Ichii and the Confucian scholar are debuting, show us a true hypocrisy and corruption society, but also show us the true face of officialdom and intellectual circles in the late Ming Dynasty officialdom.

Key words: Officialdom, The scholars' circle, intellectual circles, Power-money,Power-beauty