Faced with a historical and culturat situation of apparent "change and decay in all around," his section title From Fin-de-si? cle to Fin-de-si? cle, and the Four Predictions which he goes so far as to put forward, are actually a sign of his deep sense of sympathy for the time and concern for his faraway country, although this is not necessarily expressed in gloomy, sorrowful language.
面對著彷如「無邊落木蕭蕭下，不盡長江滾滾來」的歷史文化情景，他的獨標「從世紀末到世紀末」，而甚至出以「預言四則」，其實是深有「萬里悲秋常作客，百年多病獨登台」的感時憂國的幽思在，雖然未必出以沈鬱悲痛的語言。