Gu is comparatively open about the problem of modernity, contrasting the belief that China is the oldest country in the world with the reality that the PRC is a young republic.
對照中國是世界上最古老的國家的信仰，與中國大陸還是個年輕共和國的事實，比較起來，古君對於現代性的問題，態度算是開放。