We might look at Lu's book by comparing it to the others. The memoirs of Hsiao Chien, who is a warm and placid person, are lively and detailed, but fail in one respect: He decided to give up everything he had overseas and return to the "new China." For this he had to "eat bitterness" for decades and even had to give up writing for years.
蕭乾先生為人平和溫煦，他的回憶錄生動細膩，卻留下一處敗筆：當年他決定拋棄海外一切，奔回去追隨新中國，為此吃盡了幾十年苦頭，甚至奪筆二十年，怎料他在書末一章忙著解釋如何無怨無悔。