Chang ’ s lonely, cloistered life didn ’ t prevent her from attaining a brilliant understanding of human nature. She was able to absorb everything she took in, and even things she had only experienced secondhand — take the exhilarating Lust, Caution — have tremendous immediacy.
張曉風舉張愛玲出身大家族，雖隱身單身宿舍仍能洞悉複雜人性，一出門看一眼，全部了然於胸，甚至連萬分精彩的〈色戒〉也只是聽來的。