Huang Chien-yi notes that negative characters who "turn over a new leaf" can of course be studied. For instance, the story "Zhou Chu Destroys the Three Scourges," which illustrates the virtue "having a sense of shame," is one of children's favorite exemplary stories.
黃建一指出，「改過向善」的負面人物當然可以學習，譬如「知恥」德目中的「周處除三害」，就是最受孩子們歡迎的典範故事之一。