By far the most daring section of the book in this respect is the one written by Gu Qingsheng, who rejects the idea that the Chinese are imprisoned by a "post-colonial culture" (279) and argues for a mixing of the best of what is available in the world.
關於這一點，本書最大膽的一部份，顯然是古清生的一篇文章。他反對中國正處於所謂的「後殖民文化」之說，並提議綜合吸收世界之長（第 279 頁）。