To be fair, despite the parallels between the two versions, when Peng Di was silenced during the Anti-Rightist Movement and the Cultural Revolution, it was Wong Chak's Old Master Q that continued to delight readers, a contribution that cannot be erased.
不過持平而論，兩種老夫子在原創上縱然相似，但當朋弟因為「反右」、「文革」而消沈噤聲時，王澤的老夫子卻持續帶給讀者歡樂，這份貢獻仍是不可抹滅的。文化界老頑童