(page 48) Relying on a rich historical imagination, Yu finds the spirit of exile in scant lines of poetry the exiled have left behind and shows the traditional noble spirit of the Chinese literati in their efforts to help others in times of trouble.
（頁四十八）依賴了豐饒的歷史想像，余秋雨重新在僅存的詩句中尋找流亡者的心靈。在落難中的相互取暖與相濡以沫，使人發現傳統文人的高貴氣質。