The role of the writer is to be a witness, to give voice to those who cannot speak for themselves.
[如果不追败寇],那么残暴作乱的人就得以活命,天下的祸害也没有除掉,这是残害民宗的父母并且深深地残害天下的人,没有比这更大的不义了。 
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.