Wu especially likes the historical personage Chuyuan: "He is not one of those who killed himself in a huff after being chased out, but threw himself in the river only after seven or eight years of effort proved worthless."
尤其是屈原，吳興國相當喜歡這個歷史人物，「他不是一被放遂，就氣得立刻自殺，而是在七、八年的自苦無力下，才投江的。」