"Before the lifting of martial law, every publishing company editor had a ruler in his mind, to measure the draft writings in hand. After the lifting of martial law, this ruler became more flexible, even disappeared." This is how Yin Ti, the head of the Elite Publishing Company, describes the impact of the lifting of martial law on literature.
「還沒解嚴前，每一個出版界編者心中都有一把尺，用來揣度手邊的稿件；解嚴後，這把尺放寬了，變得更有彈性，甚至模糊不見了… …」，爾雅出版社負責人隱地形容「解嚴」對文學的影響。