And he is able to have it both ways because of the deep and tender sympathy of his work. The stories in Letting Them Go are filled with elderly characters. Some are ignorant and suffer, like the old woman of "Cheng-tsai Gets off the Bus."
這種「啼笑兼具」的特色，正就來自「隔代性格」裡的深刻卻又舒緩的同情態度。