001. China is probably too old. Everything in society, big or small, is in a bad state. It is like a black dye vat. No matter what new things are added, it turns black. But there is no other way except to think of ways to reform. I think all idealists are either nostalgic for the past or hoping for the future. But when it comes to the present question, they all turn up blank because no one can give a prescription. The best medicine of all is hope for the future.

——"Book of Two Places" 1925

002. Chinese people always like to compromise. For example, if you say, this room is too dark, it must be If you open a window here, you will definitely not allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will mediate and be willing to open the windows.

——"Silent China" 1927

003. Every time I watch a sports meeting, I often think like this: The winner is respectable, but even though he is lagging behind, he is still not the winner. The competitors who keep running to the finish line, and the spectators who do not smile when they see such competitors, are the backbone of China's future.

——"This and That" 1926

004. Chinese people have a contradictory thought, that is: they want their descendants to survive, but they also want to live long. Never die; even when you know that you have no choice but to die, you still hope that your body will never rot.

——"The old tune has been sung" 1927