The memoir's depiction of the events of the Cultural Revolution, however, does convince a reader that the deliberate selfishness of leaders, combined with the wrong political system, allowed the evil and selfish in people to run wild. Only people of excellent character could lend a helping hand or show a little gentleness. The Cultural Revolution was able to twist people into becoming wicked to a degree that is hard to believe.
然而這部傳記中所描寫文革中的種種切身事件，令人相信，領導者自私的用心，加上錯誤的政治制度，會把人的邪惡與自私都釋放出來橫行，只有具善良本性的人才能發揮一點雪中送炭的溫情。