J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (7): 53-55.
张岱的《西湖梦寻》多被视为其散文代表作之一，但该书中有不少文字并非出自张岱本人之手，例如该书有大量文字直
接引自前人《西湖游览志余》。鉴于这个原因。虽然《西湖梦寻》仍是张岱晚年的重要散文作品，但该书更值得研究的是张岱在明清易代之际，作为明朝遗民的特殊心态下的文化思考，该书至少体现了以下三方面的文化价值：它保存了明清之际西湖一带的自然、文化风貌；它反映了江南一带的名士文化；它是张岱坚持儒家文化信念的明证。
Dreaming about His Dream around the West Lake is usually regarded as one of Zhang Dai s essay master pieces，but
there are not a few words written by someone else but not Zhang Dai himself．For example，lots of words in the book were directly quoted from Suplementary Record of visting the West Lake．Based on such a reason，though Dream ing about His Dream around the West Lak e was an important essay in Zhang Dai S late years．what is worth studying is the cultural thinking as a dynasty adherent of Ming at the time of replacement of Ming and Qing．The book presents at least three cuhural values：it retains the natural and cultural scene of the West Lake in late Ming and early Qing；it embodies the elites culture in the South of the Chanjiang River；it is an evidence of Zhang Dai's insistence in Confucian cultural beliefs.
