"Ku Ch'eng basically had no education, only a few years of primary school, and his handwriting is also quite strange. His way of speaking, however, is remarkable. If this is not a natural poet, then what is it?"
馬教授強調，「顧城根本沒受過什麼教育，只念了幾年小學，字也寫得非常怪，但講話的方式很不尋常，這不是天生的詩人，是什麼？」