Having read avidly for so many years however, he has developed his own individual standards of evaluation. Sometimes he leafs through a book, checking who wrote, published or recommended it, or perhaps he will peruse the index and bibliography. This is how Nanfang Shuo determines whether a book is worth reading.
而他自己因為讀書久了後，也有個判斷標準，有時翻一本書，看作者、看出版社、看誰推薦、看索引、參考哪些書目等，大概就知道這本書有沒有讀的價值了。