Starting with Zhang Ailing s initial prose The Genius Dream,this paper attempts to analyze the inherent features of two types of her prose—a treasure of and love for secular life against the background of tragic consciousness.

Zhang Ailing, with women s perceptual psychology and sharp literature talent, depicted the nihility of life of common customs of city in the change of times.

The love and marriage stories in Jian Deng Xin Hua have reflected the turbulent social reality in last stage of Yuan Dynasty,expressed the stratum of residents common desire,refracted the author s mental journey and the special thinking of love in turbulent age,revealed the innovation and the unique value of Jian Deng Xin Hua.

His historical fiction not only emphasizes the worldly desires including the lust for power and passion but has the appeal for the elite which transcended the populace as well.