I think that history is used in ways quite different from what Ssu-ma Kuang had expected. If the emperors had learned the lessons of the Comprehensive Mirror, we wouldn't be in the mess we're in today.
我認為歷史的功能和司馬光所期盼的不一樣，如果通鑑中記載的歷史，帝王可以記取教訓，今天不會亂成這個樣子。