The cultured people of that time threw away the most exquisite things. Even in philosophy it was this way. Of course, there were also some old people who hadn't thrown away anything all their lives, but the young people--some even before they were able to reflect on what they were doing-- threw these things away just because they had been exposed to Western culture.
那個時代的文人，他們丟掉最精微的東西，連哲學也是如此，當然也有一些老一輩的人從來沒丟，但年輕人，有的還沒到可以反芻的年紀，就因為接觸西方，把這些東西全丟了。