"Throughout history, it has generally been the normal which has overcome the abnormal." Ah Cheng believes that whether one looks at literature or at other fields such as politics or economics, people in Taiwan really don't have too much to worry about, "unless there are a lot of abnormal things hidden under this normal exterior," concludes Ah Cheng on a seemingly abstract note.
「大凡有史以來，都是正常的，吃掉不正常的一邊」，阿城認為，不管從文學，或從其他政治、經濟等面向看來，台灣的人，其實都不用太過耽心，「除非這正常的表相之下，隱藏許多不正常」，慣用抽象語彙說話的阿城做了結語。