During this time, too much traditional culture was rejected; this has to do with the intellectuals leading the way to oppose tradition. Yet among other cultural traditions, music sustained especially serious damage. This is also because of the special nature of Chinese music.
我常用「全盤盡墨」形容這種衝擊，這中間，太多傳統文化受到否定，與知識份子率先的反傳統有關，但音樂在傳統文化中，受創得特別嚴重，也還因於中國音樂的特性。