Some people believe that martial arts novels are a lot like Bao Qingtian and Shi Gong, popular television series about magistrates in ancient China that provide a release for people in their dissatisfaction and frustration with modern life.
也有人認為，就像《包青天》、《施公》連續劇受到歡迎一樣，武俠小說紓解了民眾對現實生活的不滿和怨氣。