The great constitutional reformer, Liang Qichao, wrote against wasting time. Watching a film of the Peking opera star Mei Lanfang was cited as an example of disgraceful behavior by the neo-Confucianist Liang Shuming.
「筆鋒常帶感情」的梁任公反對消遣浪費時光，一代大儒梁漱溟也以「走進真光電影場，看梅蘭芳的戲」為恥。