"Criticism and Commentary" - 1945
芦苇君的 「严老哥续篇」 是华侨某一种普通家庭的写真。 这露暴是严正和无情的，很显著，很明现，这方面是成功的努力。 在这些没有快乐的家庭，女人只是不得已的同居，和泄欲与生育的工具。 怀了这思想的人物，我们是应该向他们要害处痛撃的。 这些人类的渣滓要铲除。 在未铲除之先，要有明确的暴露，使人人都看出他的丑相，看出这不合理的社会制度下所产生的人物。 从这点起，得到羣众自觉的真力量，从而铲除，从而改进。 这是此数篇作品的使命。
朴园君的 「胡主席」 是一篇简短结实的社会人物的讽刺。 短短的一篇却把普通的开会丑状暴露得很清楚。 没有完整的说话技能，没有固定的立场，好的不赞成，坏的也不反对，总以少惹是非为前提，这是华埠开会的一般怪现象。
黄申君的 “余二伯” 似乎是想写成 「严老哥」 那样的写实小说，但是作者太优待了这些人物。 那种拔囊捐输的精神不能与环境相容合。 「严老哥」的收场比较合理些。 这些人物肯拔私囊的地方只有在公众的大场上，或是登载报纸，出出风头，争争体面，因为那些人物对救国的三分钟热度已经早就冷得冰结了。 作者的用意固然是好意的劝导，总希望他们不是这样，这思想是值得推崇的。 作者也不惜对腐败的假公济私者攻击，在主题上是正确的。 不过他对社会人物的观察是否凖确，还有点怀疑的。 我希望作者本着他原有的用心，再努力写一篇较完整的作品。 对那些有碍于社会前途的腐化份子，要在他们的伤处，要害处无情地痛击，文人也要是一个战士。
以上三篇在形式上，结构上都有点过于简单。 在目前，文坛正在筑基的时候，还没有什么非议。 不过我希望作者们下更深的功夫，不妨化多一点时间，创作些较伟大的作品。 范围要扩充，着眼点也要远大些，这样才能有进步。
Brother Lu Wei’s "The Sequel to Old Brother Yan" is a portrait of a certain type of ordinary overseas Chinese family. This manifestation is serious and ruthless, very conspicuous, very clearly expressed, and these aspects are successful efforts. In these unhappy families, women are merely being forced to be living mates and are tools for sexual release and reproduction. People who embrace this kind of thinking should be hit hard at their weak points. These human dregs must be eradicated. Before they are eradicated, they must be clearly exposed for everyone to see their ugly sides and recognize the kind of people produced under this unreasonable social system. Based on this point, we can gain the true power of mass consciousness, and thus eradicate them and make improvements. This is the mission of these few works.
Brother Pu Yuan's "Chairman Hu" is a short, concise piece of satire of social figures. In such a short article, it clearly exposes the ugliness of ordinary meetings. There is no thorough communication skill, no determined perspective, no approval of good things, no opposition to bad things, and is always taking the premise of avoiding trouble as the premise. This is a generally strange phenomenon of Chinatown meetings.
Brother Huang Shen 's "Second Uncle Yu" seems to have been intended to be a realistic fiction like "Old Brother Yan", but the author treats these characters too well. The spirit of donating one's wealth to the country is not compatible with the environment.
The ending of "Old Brother Yan" is more reasonable. The only places where these people are willing to donate their own money are in public or in newspapers in order to gain attention and compete for honor, because their three-minute enthusiasm for saving the country has long been frozen. The author's intention is naturally to give good advice, and he always hopes that they are not like that. This idea is worthy of praise. The author also does not hesitate to attack corrupt people who abuse their power for personal gain, which is corrective in terms of the theme. However, I still have doubts regarding whether his observations on social figures are accurate. I hope the author will stick to his original intentions and work hard to write a more complete work. For those corrupt members who are detrimental to the future of society, we must strike them ruthlessly at their wounds and weak points. A writer should also be a warrior.
The three pieces above are a bit too simple in form and structure. At present when the literary world is still building its foundation, there is no criticism. However, I hope authors will work harder and spend more time creating relatively greater works. The scope should be expanded and the focus should be broader, so that there will be progress.