"Stage drama always changes in step with society," says Cheng. "While the fundamentals are passed down from one generation to the next, the art evolves in response to changes in society. That's how drama survives. It couldn't be otherwise."
「戲劇總是跟著社會型態改變而轉變，在傳承過去遺留下來的技藝之餘，隨著社會脈動不斷演化推進，是戲曲賴以生存的不二法則」，鄭榮興如是說。