From political liberation to spiritual liberation, his goal was to undo the fetters, one by one, with which the authorities bind the people. To put it bluntly, "Laozi and Zhuang-zi were political dissidents." Professor Chen, who was a dissident himself in his younger days, couldn't agree more.
從政治的解放到精神的解放，他要一一解開各種權威對人的束縛，「老子與莊子是當時的異議份子」，年輕時也曾是「異議份子」的陳鼓應心有戚戚。