Microcosm of Society, Essential Element of Traditional Architecture: "In the past, New Year's couplets were a distillation of society at large, a reflection of the life of the times." Lin Ming-te considers the couplets 'widely diverse contents a projection of the psychology of the authors and their contemporaries.
「春聯過去一直是社會的縮影，人文環境的表徵」林明德認為，其內容千匯萬端，是著作人或所有人的心理投射，職業生活的顯象。