For Li, however, the guiding principle of his writing where politics are concerned is what professor Yen Yuan-shu told him 30 years ago: "Don't worry about taking a political stand. Just record life as you see it."
但是他只謹記恩師顏元叔三十年前對他說過的：「你不要管什麼政治立場，你只要記錄你心裡看到的人生。」