| The image of the prostitutes is numerous and complicated in classical Chinese novels during the Qing dynasty. And in this paper it is divided into three parts, that's the prostitutes of early Qing Dynasty, the middle Qing dynasty and the late Qing dynasty, judging from comment the man by his life and surroundings, a traditional approach. Lu Xun, in his masterpiece the Changing of Chinese novels, once said that there have been three changes regarding on the author's method of writing for the prostitutes: first, flattery, then, be close to truth, and last, belittled. In the early Qing Dynasty, prostitutes of the classical Chinese novels were shaped by the writers to stick to the national integrity, which were the spoken person of the society and policy. This was the current of that time. The result is that the prostitutes were flattered. In the middle period of Qing Dynasty, the political aspiration of the scholars could not to be realized under the rule of Qing. Many authors began to pay close attention to the misery of the prostitutes who was a disadvantaged group either. Especially, the prostitutes had the same experiences not to be appreciated which had struck a responsive chord in the hearts of the scholars. So the prostitutes no longer been flattered, instead, they were described close to reality. The place that prostitutes lived is Shanghai, which has been developed in the Late Qing. Owing to the development, the prostitutes have changed a lot. That's own-autonomous consciousness awaken, they advocated money, seek to self-actualization. However, this was not accepted by the man, so they were belittled which against the main current. Because of the limitations of history, gender and so on, at any time, the prostitutes'image described by men is difficult to avoid marking their own right brand on. The flowage of the prostitutes'image in classical Chinese novels of Qing Dynasty were consistent with the inference of Lu Xun"flattery","be close to truth"and"belittled".
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