Professor Teng Chao-hsu answered that the reason was that moving love stories such as this "appeal to your emotions, yet they lack significance. Through these stories you can appreciate that kind of love but it is not really worth further thought or admiration."
因為這樣可歌可泣的愛情悲劇，「往往只有情緒的渲洩，卻沒有厚實的內容；可以欣賞那愛情的境界，卻不值得去歌詠之」，曾昭旭回答這個問題。梁山伯與祝英台，皆為東晉人。