"The literature of each different era has its own different influences, and you can't simply apply the linguistic standards of the past to the present," says the 31-year-old Giddens. In his world, even the works of renowned martial-arts novelist Louis Cha are considered not particularly edifying, and now they're little more than part of that list of books recommended by teachers to students as a way to improve their Chinese.
「每個世代的文學養分不同，不可同日而語。」今年 31 歲的九把刀說，在他的那個世代，看金庸小說被認為「不上進」，而今卻成了老師鼓勵學生提升國文素養的終南捷徑。