He also says that the friendship and philosophy of life displayed by Master Q and Big Potato was a model for many people of that generation. In the closed Chinese societies of that time, there was nothing to match Master Q for putting a smile on your face by expressing people's innermost feelings.
老夫子和大蕃薯之間的情誼和他們的生活態度，事實上是大眾模擬的樣本，在當時華人封閉的世界，沒有比老夫子「大智若愚」的行徑，更讓身處混沌亂世中的人們可以會心一笑。而「會心」正是作者看待老夫子的心情寫照。