全书大致可以分为三个部分：第一至三章是第一部分，讲述“我”失忆前写成的手稿中薛篙和红线经历的事情。第二部分从第四章到第七章，这一阶段，“我”回忆起自己的作者身份，并对原手稿进行更深层地挖掘和解构。第三部分是第八章，讲述理想人物在理想的长安城中与现实人物在现实的北京城中的反差。这一部分是对前两部分的总结和深化，“我”追求“诗意的世界”的理想和毫无诗意可言的现实使“我”苦闷、绝望，在眼看一切都无可避免地走向庸俗后开始努力寻找出路。（The book can be divided into three parts: the first chapter to the third is the first part, which tells how “I” wrote down the story of Xue Gao and Hong Xian before I lost memory. The second part includes the fourth chapter to the seventh. In the second part, “I” recalled his author identity, dig deeper and deconstructed the original script. The eighth chapter is the third part, which reveals the comparison between dream and reality, namely, the difference between the ideal character in Chang’an City and the real person in Beijing City. This part is a summary and deepening of the first two parts. “I” dreamed to purse the “poetic world”, but the dreary reality made “me” fell depressed and desperate. When I realized everything began vulgar inevitably, I tried to find a way out.)...