Abstract：Qiludengis a true reflection of all aspects of middle and lower classes'social life in Central China in the 18th century, shaped the images of a number of gamblers, and presented a profound description of the extensive gambling groups and other social vices in Central china, Qiludeng also objectively revealed the degenerate children's debauched and licentious living status and the negative and decadent mental state in the end of feudal society.Nowadays, the expose and criticisms of the vile practices in the novel are still of great value for people's thinking and cognition.

Keyword：Qiludeng;Central China;bad habit of gambling;