首先，这本《姑妄言》只是古代小众俗文学，完全不能代表中华传统文化的全貌；其次，近代文物流失是国力衰微带来的历史伤痛，掠夺本身永远不值得感谢，文献得以留存只是一个意外的结果，不能颠倒因果、美化劫掠。
The cute Chinese patriots dare not go and make a big fuss over the "national treasures" plundered by imperialism, because those belong to Russia;
2. We should thank imperialism's "plunder," which at least preserved the "national treasures";
3. The so-called Chinese "traditional culture" is either the dark arts of officialdom or the lewd and debased lower pursuits—truly, the unchanging "civilized" underbelly of two thousand years.
