通過對金批《水滸傳》中金聖嘆所作的批評事實的考察，本文指出金聖嘆在評點《水滸傳》中，主要採用了四種批評方法：分解批評、擬史批評、意象批評和比較批評，討論了這些批評方法在金聖嘆解釋、分析《水滸傳》中藝術事實時的重要作用及其得失，闡明了這些批評方法在中國小說批評史以及文學批評史中的重要意義。在此基礎上，本文進而認為，金批《水滸傳》中的這些批評方法，不獨在面對文學文本時具有無與倫比的解釋效用，而且成為一種範式，對金聖嘆以後的中國小說批評產生了極為深遠的影響。因此，本文認為，金批《水滸傳》中的這些批評方法，像金批《水滸傳》中的小說理論一樣，同樣涵其非常重要的學術價值。

This thesis points out that Jin Shengtan 金聖嘆 used four criticism methods for his commentary on the Outlaws of the Marsh 水滸傳: resolved, imitation-history, imagery and contrasted. In addition, this article discusses the important functions, merits and demerits of his adaptations of these methods and clarifies their significance in the commentary history of Chinese novels and literature. On the basis of these discussions, evidently his comment methodology was incredibly effective for analyzing literary works and provid­ed a criticism model, which held great influence thereafter. Therefore, this the­sis considers that the criticism methodology and literary theory in Jin's Criticism of Outlaws of the Marsh share equal value.