施叔青《三世人》為「臺灣三部曲」的完結篇，描寫日治時期至臺灣光復後三代臺灣人的經歷。書中深入刻畫臺灣百姓受日本殖民、國民政府等不同政權的干預，在語言、服裝、休閒娛樂、民間習俗等生活文化方面所產生的變動，而此變動也彰顯臺灣百姓身分認同的困惑與轉換。本文試圖自震盪變化時代裡的文化現象著手，說明施氏在該書中所表現的臺灣文化圖象。

Shi Shu-Qing's ”The Three Generations” is the third part of ”Taiwan history”, describing the Japanese colonial period to Taiwan after the three generations of Taiwan people experience. In-depth description in the book Taiwan people by Japan colonial, different regimes of national government intervention, in language, clothing, housing, leisure, the the changes of folklore and other cultural aspects of life, and this change also shows Taiwan hundred puzzles and conversion of biological identity. This article attempts to shock change in the age of cultural phenomena, through cultural impact, penetration and then to confuse or distinct status to Shi Shu-Qing in the book the performance of Taiwan's cultural imagination.