Chi Pang-yuan believes that people can only have a limited amount of concern for foreign literature. Except for products coming from the great cultural powers, few works of literature find it easy to get a foothold on the bestseller lists in foreign lands.
齊邦媛認為，人們對異國文學的關懷有限，除了少數文化大國，所有外國的作品，不太容易移植成為其他國家的暢銷書。