Yet on the other side of the Strait, Taiwan readers "have been exposed to daily life material for too long, and they are looking for something more elevated and admirable," offers Kung. Thus books like Rivers of Sorrow and The Bitter Cultural Journey have been hot topics for discussion, reflecting this phenomenon.
而彷彿是天平的另一邊，台灣的讀者是「世俗得太久了，常期望有些崇高、偉大的東西」，龔鵬程說，因此，像《河殤》、《文化苦旅》等書在台受到熱烈的討論，即反應此種現象。