Strictly speaking, because the time and space referents of A Record of Dissent are very close to those of Exiled Viewpoint and Thoughts From the Critical Point, the two collections of critical essays released just prior to and just after, respectively, A Record of Dissent, it is difficult to detect much of a shift in thinking.
嚴格說，《異議筆記》和楊照前後的兩本評論文《流離觀點》、《臨界點上的思索》，由於臨摹、勾勒的時空都相當接近，所以很難看出有啥重大的思路轉折。