The Hong Kong author Zhang Qingyi has compiled a book, entitled Goodbye to Another Kind of Childhood, from the childhood reminiscences contained in the autobiographies of famous early 20th-century literati. One chapter is devoted to corporal punishment, and it describes the treatment most students received in their academies.
香港作家張倩儀從近代文人留下的自傳文字記載，研究他們的童年歲月，寫成《另一種童年的告別》一書，其中「卜卜齋，不打不成人」一章，就清楚看到一般學子在私塾所受的待遇。