For ten years after the Cultural Revolution, Xi Zhigan didn't create anything. His creative juices just weren't flowing. It would take a great effort for him to jump past the conventions of the "model" characters to mold a new character like Xu Jiujing, who was so true to life.
但是文革後整整十年習志淦搞不出東西來，因為創作思想已經僵固，後來費了好大勁兒才跳脫刻畫人物的「樣板」模式，塑造出像徐九經這樣一個「活生生」的人。