Compare this coddling to the loneliness and disappointment of being labelled a "scribbler of cartoons" when he was issuing "The Sword of Ah Bi" in Taiwan: "I didn't receive ten letters from readers in two years." No wonder today Cheng Wen warns his successors: "Learn the basics in Taiwan, but go abroad to grow."
這些榮寵，相較於早年在國內發表「阿鼻劍」時，「兩年收不到十封讀者來函」，及被稱為「畫漫畫的」寂寞與挫折，難怪鄭問如今常告誡後進：「在國內練好基礎後，到國外去發展。」