In The Island and the Other Shore, for instance, the plot moves from simplicity to complexity and then back again. The chaotic world of kung-fu swashbucklers created by the novelist is a reflection of his inner turmoil.
以「回頭是彼岸」為例，情節由簡趨繁再回簡，武俠作家筆下那個武俠世界亂了一場，原來是內在世界的外在呈現。