This gave birth to "scar literature", which because it was written under the pretext of criticizing the "Gang of Four", could be published. After so many years of suffering, readers on the mainland began to have some hope after the "human tragedy" was blamed on the "Gang of Four".
因為寫的是那段不算短的苦難日子的煎熬，大陸上的讀者看了心有戚戚；又因將責任都推給了四人幫，令不少讀者因此對未來懷抱希望，所以此類作品很受人注意。