First, compared to some of the cultural stars drifting around in the light of the media, the fact that Yang takes the label of dissident, nativist, and leftist means that he has a much greater mission and that there are far more obstacles to overcome. There are in fact signs of this in his writings.
第一，和某些在聲光媒體裡悠游自得的文化明星相比，楊照提出異議、本土左派之類的名號，所背負的使命及要掃除的路障顯然是重了許多，他的文情並茂實際上就透露著這等痕跡。