第壹章、前言：略述何謂「園林」？以及「園林」與「文學」之相關，並揭示「大 觀園」題詠探討之範疇。 第貳章、備大觀園」建園便概： 一、有關「紅學」涉及「大觀園」真址之論說：計蒐集胡適、俞平伯、周汝昌、吳世昌、吳 心柳、黃葆芳、林以亮、周冠華、趙岡、憋英時、曾保泉、曾揚華等十二家論說。並表 示己意：「大觀園」乃一座「虛實相生」的「官家」和「江南園林」的綜合作品。 二、《紅樓夢》對「大觀園建築」之敘述： 由《紅樓夢》書中敘述，尋紡「大觀園」建園經過。 第?章、探討「大觀園」題詠與園林建築理論之關係： 針對各景點題詩、題匾與明人計成《園治》之理論互相參照，以確立「大觀園」之建園 法式。探討之景店有：正門、曲徑通幽、沁芳亭、有鳳來儀、可帘在望、蓼汀花漵、蘅芷清 芬、蓬萊仙境、沁芳閘、紅香綠玉。 第肆章、探究「大觀園」題歡的文學價值： 根據第?章所述景點，依題匾、楹聯、題詩、四時即事詩順序，探討其文學價值。 第伍章、「大觀園」題詩反映小說人物個性之探討： 根據元妃、迎春、探春、惜春、李紈、薛寶釵、林黛玉、賈黃玉題匾、題詩之順序、探 討詩、匾透露個性與小說人物刻畫相合之處。賈球玉「四時即事詩」則為實穿情節、組 織結構之作品。 第陸章、結語：強調「大觀園」題匾、題聯、題詩、與「園林」建第密切結合，具有文學成 就，並與小說人省刻畫、敘事、狀物、抒情合一，成為小說不可分割的質素。

　　　　　Chapter One, Preface, briefly explains the meaning of "Yuan Lin", the relation between "Yuan Lin" and "literature", also discusses the categories of "Ta Kuan Yuan" rhythm. Chapter Two, Introduction of building garden in "Ta Kuan Yuan", contains two parts: 1. Theories about the real address of "Ta Kuan Yuan" mentioned in "Hung Huseh". There are twelve persons' theories, including Shih Hu, Pingpo Yu, Ju-chang Chou, shih-chang Wu, Hsin-liu Wu, Pao-fang Huang, I liang Lin , Kuan-hua Chou, Kang Chao, Ying-shih Yu, Pao-chuan Tseng, Yung-hua Tseng. From these theories, I think "Ta Kuan Yuan" is the work composed of official residence combining imagination with reality and "Chiang Nan Yuan Lin". 2. Description of "Ta Kuan Yuan" architecture in "The Red Chamber Dream". From the descriptions in "The Red Chamber Dream", we can find out the processes of building "Ta Kuan Yuan". Chapter Three discusses the relation between "Ta Kuan Yuan" rhythm and theory of garden architecture. Comparing ti shih and ti pien in each view with the theory of "Yuan Yeh" by cheng Chi in Ming dynasty, we can make sure the rule of building garden in "Ta Kuan Yuan". The views mentioned are: cheng men (front door), chu ching tung yu, chin fang ting, yu feng lai I, hsing lien tsai wang, liao ting hua hsu, heng chih ching fen, peng lai hien ching (a paradise), chin fang cha, hung hsiang lu yu. Chapter Four expores literature value of "Ta Kuan Yuan" rhythm, From the views described in Chapter three, this chapter evaluates their literature values in the sequence of ti pien, ying lien (scrolls hung on a pillar), ti shih, ssu shih chi shih shih. Chapter Five discusses the personality of novel in "Ta Kuan Yuan Ti Shih". According to ti pien and ti shih in the sequence of Yuan Fei, Ying Chiun, Tan Chun, His chun, wan Li, Pao-chai Hsueh, tai-yu Lin, Pao-yu Chia, this chapter discusses the same parts of personality in the novel that revealed in these verses and tablets. Pao-yu Chia's "Ssu shih chi Shih Shih" is the work connecting the plot and organizing the arrangement. Chapter six, conclusion, emphasizes ti pien, ti lien and ti shih in "Ta Kuan Yuan" closely related to "Yuan Lin" architecture. They has high performance in literature, and combine with persons, events, things and feelings in the novel. These are the fundamental essence in the novel.