Free at last of the tight political constraints of earlier years, writers were able to concentrate on the human condition instead of serving as the targets of demagogues or the instruments of political intrigue. The literature of mainland China entered a new era.
作家們終於能揚棄政治的框框，開始寫「人的文學」，文學家不再是政治鬥爭的槍靶子，或是政治批判的工具，大陸「新時期文學」於是開始。