"Today, with professional fields growing more and more specialized, when you talk about the basics, you need a common unifying principle," says Nanfang Shuo. "In my view, that ought to be something like professional ethics and a set of overarching professional rules, so that professionals in every field will do the right thing and also advance with the times."
「在專業區分日趨細密的今日，談基本功，更需要給它一個普遍性、共通的原則，」南方朔認為，「在我看來，那應該就是一種類似職業道德與行業規範的精神，讓每個行業的從業的人都能夠自安其份，同時與日精進。」