Nan Fang-su points out that, "Now almost no one publishes because they truly wish to write a book. The books that come out are either collections of previous articles or to take part in a competition. Anyway, all are supplementary to some other objective."
南方朔就指出，「現在幾乎沒有人是為真正想寫一本書而出書，出的書要不是以前文章的結集選錄，就是連載、或是為了參加比賽……，總之都是附帶有另一種目的。」