Nevertheless, moving away from the Classics is not necessarily a good thing: these are like the trunk of a tree; if the branches are thriving while the trunk withers, the whole direction of growth could get out of control.
雖然這是發展的趨勢如此，但經學與諸子的偏枯，未必是好現象。就整體漢學而言，代表主流思想的經學與諸子應該屬於主幹部分，如果枝葉繁茂而主幹枯萎，則重要的導向可能會因此而失控。