His unhappy belief is that attaching Peking Opera to the military to entertain the troops is not protection but is a form of slow suicide. He says angrily, "Get this straight.
他不平地以為，將他們附屬在軍隊中勞軍不叫保護，而是慢性自殺；到今天平劇沒落了，又以「時代不同了」而任意裁撤。