The common and the elevated Ever since the 1980s there has been a craze in the mainland for short, light essays, and the small pieces produced by writers such as Luo Lan and Liang Shih-chiu have been republished in large numbers. But their popularity is not what it was in the 80s, when works by Chiung Yao and San Mao swept the nation, penetrating every little town and alley.
八○年代至今，大陸文學書市流行「輕薄短小」的散文熱，像羅蘭、梁實秋等人的小品文被大量翻印，多少引起一些熱潮，但已不如八○年代初期，瓊瑤、三毛作品萬人空巷、席捲南北的熱勁。