As someone who wants to pass on the legacy of Chinese civilization and as part of a generation that went through the Cultural Revolution, Yu is trying to find his own intellectual bearings in an age characterized by criticism, subversion, and sophistry.
做為承接古國文明命脈、又走過文革的這一代大陸文人，余秋雨在這個充滿批判、顛覆、詭辯的時代中，試圖尋找自己的思考座標。