在《罗生门》初稿中,芥川龙之介做了不少修改,此修改带来了小说结构的变化,同时也使得主人公仆人命运出现了新的转机——“从善”、“从恶”、“饿死”三种可能性的同时出现让人不觉意味深长。结合考察作者人生经历、创作心理、内在思想、时代背景等可以发现:该小说的改稿中隐含了作者追求“中庸之道”的愿望和对主人公既寄予期待又软弱无力的矛盾复杂心情。 In the first draft of Rashomon, Akutagawa made many changes, which brought changes in the structure of the novel. At the same time, there was a new turning point in the fate of the heroine servant - “From evil,” “starve to death,” the three possibilities at the same time make people feel very meaningful. Combined with the author’s life experience, creative psychology, inner thoughts and background of the times, it can be found that the novel’s novel implies the author’s desire to pursue “the golden mean” and the complicated feelings of expectation and weakness to the protagonist .