Due to historical circumstances, mainland literature and Taiwan literature are indeed very different, he thinks, but it's hard for him to believe that Taiwan literature is not a part of Chinese literature.
他說，因為歷史環境的關係，台灣文學跟大陸文學是有很大的不同，但是要他相信「台灣文學不是中國文學的一支」實在很難。