This paper firstly makes an inquiry into the editions of Xiaoxiao Ci and holds that it may not be only one edition inscribed in Changsha, which can be seen nowadays, and there must have been other editions at that time; secondly, it tries to reveal the meaningful aspects of the word “Xiao” (smile); thirdly, it endeavors to interpret its simple style.

The story of“the three time guffaw”is set in the Battle of Chibi in the Chinese classic Romance of Three Kingdoms, that is,CAO Cao guffawed for three times in his defeat to Huarongdao,which not only clearly shows his outstanding bearing as a statesman and strategist but also thoroughly portrays his character of conleit and humor.

Being Moved by Affection and Beauty--Revisit to Binxin s Prose Smile;

Dinners,diologues,handkerchieves,poems,eye expressions,smiles and so on can be regarded as another "Daguanyuan"(Grand Garden).

Humor,as an aesthetic term,has its special aesthetic features,which is mainly demonstrated in laugh,humor containing sadness,wisdom,implicitness,etc.

Lu Xun portrays laugh of every shape and description in his fiction collections-WHOOP and PACE BACK AND FORTH.

It reveals and explicates the profound connotation and social value of laughter and comedy.

The thesis thinks that Bakhtin is dialectical in his thought about laughter and the nature of comedy, which is different from the conventional western comic aesthetics that laid to.