People are the actors on the stage of history, and thaey are the spirits that push history forward. What is most admirable in the lives of these 103 journalists is the way they held fast to their ideals. "Even if the current environment is crass, journalists cannot lose their idealism," Cheng urges.
而人是歷史舞臺的主角，更是推動歷史前進的靈魂，書中一百零三位報人的生平事蹟，最令人折服的是他們對理想的堅持，而他也衷心地期勉新聞界朋友們：「儘管現實環境不容許，新聞工作者千萬不可失去理想。」