Chuang says wistfully that composers in other countries, such as the Scandinavian composer Sibelius, were considered to be national treasures. Accordingly, their material needs were provided for by their governments so as to allow them to concentrate on their work.
他感慨地說，國外作曲家如北歐西貝流士等人，都被視為國寶，由國家提供報酬，讓他們得以在衣食無虞下專心寫作。