As the writer of the novel A Lifelong Journey, Liang Xiaosheng tells historical memory by describing architecture, with which intergenerational ethic and subtle human nature constitute the narrative structure. History, ethics and human relationship constitute the core elements of the novel.His historical writing takes buildings as the main memory, presents the trajectory of the times and reveals class differences; his ethical writing depicts the specific form of folk ethics with the intergenerational narrative of public order and family relations; Chronic diseases and the evil of human nature carry forward traditional ethics and folk warmth. The novel has both the “historical” depth and “aesthetic” height of realist creation, which can be called a benchmark of Chinese contemporary literature under the realist paradigm.