In my case, if I hadn't first produced a roman-fleuve like Hong Kong Trilogy, I most likely wouldn't have been able to manage the task of depicting the Master's peripatetic, extraordinarily full life.
以我而言，如果沒有寫作《香港三部曲》那樣的大河著作，也不太可能完成師父這麼顛沛流離、極其豐富的一生。