古代的学者,为自己才学不高而担忧,就发奋学习,迎头赶上;现在的文士,为自己才学不高而羞愧,就隐满短处,避忌批评。
The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.