Recently, the number of articles that really startle him are fewer and fewer. For such commonly discussed topics as the Northern Expedition, the War of Resistance Against Japan or the ensuing Civil War, it is rare to scare up something new. The older generation of writers are passing away in large numbers, and writers of the younger generation that are succeeding them lack inspiration.
近來這等教他眼前一亮的稿子越來越少了，如果說的是北伐、抗戰、國共戰爭等常探討的題材，很難推陳出新，而老一輩的作者紛紛凋零、新一代的作者後繼乏力。