《斩首之邀》是纳博科夫的一部重要代表作。该书集中反映了作者的诺斯替主义立场。本文拟从世界观、人类学与象征性语言的使用三个方面挖掘这一主题,指出小说表现的是主人公辛辛那特斯挣脱以刽子手皮埃尔为代表的黑暗世界里肉体的重重束缚,藉着被唤醒的内在的诺斯,实现灵魂的超升的过程。 “The beheading of invitations” is an important representative of Nabokov. The book focuses on the author’s gnosticism. This article intends to explore the theme from three aspects: the world outlook, anthropology and the use of symbolic language. It points out that the novel shows that the hero Cincinnati gets rid of the heavy bondage in the dark world represented by the Executioner Pierre, The inner awakening of the North, the realization of the process of the rise of the soul.