Nanfang Shuo says that over the past three centuries relatively few people have read Shakespeare in the original, but there are many simplified versions of Shakespeare and prose versions of his plots appearing in collections of stories, as well as numerous films based on his plays. The result of all the constant singing of his praises is that his circle of readers has expanded to include the whole world.
以英國大文豪莎士比亞為例，南方朔說，從古到今三百年，已經很少人閱讀莎士比亞戲劇的原文了，但是我們有莎士比亞戲劇的簡易本、故事集，還有人拍莎士比亞，不斷歌頌的結果，解釋圈也就逐漸擴大到全世界。