Looking at the early days of Biographical Literature, as Liu Wei-kai says, "Things usually got rolling after the publication of some elder's recollections." After an article on a certain subject was published, there was a snowball effect, drawing out the recollections of many others.
從早期的「傳記文學」來看，「一開始是從遺老們的回憶開始」，劉維開表示，等到相關的文章刊出之後，則像滾雪球一樣，帶出更多人的記憶。