"After reading for a while one finds that all knowledge is interconnected and that one can dip in and out of literature, history, social theory, etc., at will," Nanfang Shuo says. Only at the age of 40 did he suddenly feel he was starting to see things more clearly.
「讀書讀到一個階段，會發現智慧是互通的，文學、歷史、社會理論都可以出入自如，」南方朔說，四十多歲時，他忽然有個感覺，好像開竅了。