The invention provides a method for predicting and evaluating a mud shale hydrofracturing crack net expansion rule, and solves the problems that a crack net system formed after hydraulic power fracturing of mud shale is complex, quantitative representation for cracks is difficult, and no definite representation exist in the actual fracturing design. The research method comprises the steps that firstly, hydrofracturing is carried on analog engineering, then a modal crack net is extracted, then modal crack net digitalization is carried out, lastly, statistical analysis and research of a digitalcrack net are carried out, the crack net area, crack length, width, fractal dimension and other parameters are analyzed concretely, counting and representing are carried out on the crack net to obtainthe damage degree of shale, the complex degree and extension form of the crack net are represented, the comprehension of the shale damage degree and crack net extension form can obtain the crack netexpansion rule and evaluate a hydrofracturing effect, wherein the more seriously the rock is destroyed, the more complex the crack net is generated, and the better the shale hydrofracturing effect is.