At the time, China's commerce and industry were depressed, society was simple, and transport was poor, so the Ta Kung Pao's circulation was limited, but its historical position has never been exceeded by any other paper since. It is understand- able why old journalists like Xu Chucheng and Hsiao Chien are still nostalgic about the paper decades later.
當時中國工商蕭條，社會單元，交通不便，「大公報」的銷路有限，但它的歷史地位始終無有出其右者，老報人如徐鑄成和蕭乾數十年後仍對它懷念不已，豈是偶然？