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"The Decameron" is the first realist masterpiece in the history of European literature. The work begins with a prologue, describing what happened to ten young men and women when they took refuge in a villa in the countryside against the backdrop of the plague in Florence. Each of the ten young people told a story every day, and a total of one hundred stories were told in ten days, hence the name "The Decameron". Each story is of different lengths and all-inclusive in content, and humanistic thought is the main thread running through the book. According to Boccaccio, the stories in the Decameron are all well-founded. The work describes and praises life in this world, praises love as a noble source of wisdom, praises the value of free love, and affirms people's intelligence and wisdom. The work also exposes the cruelty of feudal emperors, the sins of the Christian church, the hypocrisy of priests and nuns, etc.