Although pride in the past and anti-imperialist nation alism tend to remain dominant, however, there is some divergence between the different authors in the degree of emphasis they are prepared to give to openness to the outside world.
好在，儘管歷史的驕傲與反帝式民族主義的傾向，仍然在本書中佔了主導地位，但是作者群中，也還有不同的聲音，強調他們有意對外面的世界採開放態度。