The invention relates to a single-image super-resolution method based on a simplified ESRGAN, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, obtaining a to-be-processed low-resolution image, and carrying out the preprocessing of the to-be-processed low-resolution image; s2, according to the preprocessed image, generating a super-resolution image through a generator module in the improved single-image super-resolution generative adversarial network, if the model is in a training stage, carrying out the step S3, and otherwise, carrying out the step S4; s3, constructing a discriminator, usingthe discriminator to judge whether the super-resolution image is a real high-resolution image or not, performing back propagation according to a result obtained by the discriminator, optimizing the generator, and performing the step S2 again; and S4, carrying out edge restoration processing on the obtained super-resolution image to obtain a final super-resolution image. According to the method, the problem of edge restoration after image amplification is solved, the edge sawtooth effect and the blocking effect are removed, the image is smoother, and therefore single-image super-resolution reconstruction is well achieved.