摘要:The Volume Ⅱ of Li Zicheng depicts battles and fights of peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng against Ming Dynasty, the contradictions between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and also those inside the ruling group of Ming. The conflicts, along with characters like Li Zicheng, Mrs. Gao, Liu Zongmin, and Chong Zhen reveal several causations, including the peas- ants' resistance to officials and landlords at the end of Ming, the corruption of Ming's authorities, the chaotic hierarchy and consequently, the collapse of Ming Dynasty. Meanwhile, the conflicts unfold with the ebb and flow of the peasant uprising the rapid expansion and then the fall of Li Zicheng's peasant troops. The major themes of the novel are clear, structures well-organized, figures various and vivid in many aspects, and the plot is fluctuating in a natural way, the language rich and colorful. It also intensifies ethnic features. Still it has several deficiencies like elevating and purifying the characters, and excessively concerning the classes of people, as a result of which overlooking their humanities.%姚雪垠的《李自成·第二卷》主要描写了李自成领导的农民起义军与明朝的斗争、李自成与张献忠之间的矛盾、明朝统治集团内部的矛盾以及李自成、高夫人、刘宗敏、崇祯等一系列人物,揭示了明末农民与官僚地主之间的尖锐对立、明朝统治集团的腐败、朝政的混乱以及明朝必然灭亡的原因,也揭示了明末农民起义风起云涌及李自成领导的农民军迅速发展壮大及失败的原因。小说线索主次分明,结构宏伟严谨,人物众多而又个性鲜明,注重多方面地刻画人物,情节跌宕起伏、舒缓自如,语言丰富多彩,民族特色鲜明。小说也存在着拔高、净化、美化人物,过分关注人物的阶级性而忽视其人性等缺憾。