Since he has had only two years of schooling, Li is not concerned with such concepts as "art" or "carrying on traditions." He only knows he cannot give up performing, and that he cannot adopt the current style of Pu Tai Hsi, which he considers to be undisciplined and impure.
只讀過二年私塾的老演師李天祿，他不太懂什麼是「藝術」，什麼是「傳統」，他只知道寧可退休，也不願去演那些在他認為是「離經叛道」的金光戲。