Holding that Jin Yong's novels reject the notion of "sweet revenge," he cites how Guo Jing, the hero of The Eagle-Shooting Heroes, having killed Wan Yan-hong and thus getting both revenge for his family and his nation, still has doubts: "As soon as he thought of the word 'revenge,' memories of the Khorasm massacre surged to mind.
他認為，金庸小說從根本上就批評否定了「快意恩仇」這種觀念。他舉《射雕英雄傳》裡的郭靖為例，懷著家國雙重悲痛對完顏洪烈完成了復仇，後來卻引出他的疑惑：「他一想到『報仇』二字，花剌子模屠城的慘狀立即湧上心頭。