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Ancient novels have always been an important branch of ancient literature, but compared to the study of ancient poetry, the research on ancient novels is slightly weaker. This book is compiled from the "Series of Discussions on Frontier Issues in Ancient Novels" column run by three experts on ancient literature, Liu Yongqiang, Pan Jianguo, and Li Pengfei from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Peking University for ten consecutive years in the Journal of Peking University. It explores basic issues in the study of ancient novels in the form of dialogue, including style, style, structure, plot, etc., And generates many new ideas and perspectives. It is very enlightening and has certain cutting-edge reference value for ancient literature research. The so-called cutting-edge issues are not necessarily the current hot spots and cutting-edge research. They can also be the reflection and excavation of basic issues. And through such reflection and excavation, we may find that these complicated but connotative basic issues may still be the starting point or even the commanding heights of novel research.