Satire is a way of speaking truth to power.

我国文化的弊端在于既不完全是中国传统，也不完全是西方现代，要纠正这一弊端，必须贯通中西，融合古今才能成功。

过去总是在作品中显现。

The truth is not always probable, or likely.

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.