Abstract: The culture characteristics showed inJinpingmei are civilian culture.In economy,it is a product of the grand canal economy of China in the 16th century,and embodies the rich connotation of civilian survivance and development in East China.In religion,it shows the activities and belief’s status of civilian religion.In philosophy,it sets forth the life attitude of civilians,and it especially shows how should a person correctly treat with the relation as a social person and a natural person.In politics,it tells satirical stories about officials by the civilian angle of view,and shows the political attitude of civilians.Jinpingmei becomes an important text of civilian culture in the Ming Dynasty and marks that Chinese novels pay close attention to civilian fate.