《花影娇娘》是《金瓶梅》的三种续书之一。通过对南宫吉(即西门庆之化名)死后家庭变故和妻儿遭遇的续写,刻画了许多生动而具体的人物形象和事件,呈现出一种乱世的时代氛围和纷繁复杂的社会环境。小说内容具有鲜明的佛教因果报应观,并体现了强烈的佛教世俗化倾向。 “Hua Ying Jiao Niang” is “Golden Lotus” one of the three sequels. Through portraying the family misfortune and his wife and children’s experiences after the death of Nangongji (ie, the alias of Ximen Qing), many vivid and concrete characters and events are portrayed, showing a time-chaotic atmosphere and a complicated social environment. The content of the novel has a distinctive Buddhist concept of karma and embodies the strong trend of secularization of Buddhism.