《林兰香》是世情小说发展史上具有承前启后作用的一部小说，其重要地位不可忽视。故事发生在明代的一个贵族大家庭，叙述了男主人公耿朗与其六位妻妾的日常生活。小说在人物形象刻画方面具有独特的艺术魅力，女性人物形象又是本书人物塑造的重点，因此本文将尝试对《林兰香》中的主要女性形象进行初步的分析和研究。本文主要分为四个部分：前言，对目前《林兰香》的研究成果和现状进行阐述，并指出本文的研究思路。第一章，概述小说主要内容并分析小说人物塑造的主要艺术手法。本文讨论了《林兰香》从人物的命名及其寓意、人物语言、人物心理描写以及对比衬托等方面，对小说人物形象的塑造。第二章，分析主要女性人物形象的悲剧意蕴及其深层内涵。第三章，分析《林兰香》在人物塑造方面对前代世情小说的继承和发展，以及与世情小说巅峰之作《红楼梦》的比较分析。

Linlanxiang is very important on the development of novel situation.Linlanxiang inherited lots of art experiences from the past,and usher in the future.The novel focus on a large feudal family in the Ming dynasty,the story is about Geng Lang and his wives.Linlanxiang has its special charm of art on creating character,and female figures is the key point of the production,so this paper attempts to make an analysis of the main females of this novel.This paper altogether divides into four parts:Introduction section is to outline the main contents of Linlanxiang.Part one is to analyze the artistic technique of characterization.This paper discusses the name of those main female figures and their moral,the artistry of character language,remarkable art of characterization-psychology and contrast and foil.Part two is to analyze the tragic fate of women and its profound meaning.Part three is to analyze Linlanxiang’s inheritance and development of characterization,and its impact on Dream of the Rad Chamber.