It doesn't depend on our going to the archive, finding out what the author said in his letters about it, finding out what he told his friends, or what he told the newspapers. It doesn't involve any of that.

而不是我们是否要把它保存起来，在作者的字里行间琢磨里面的意思，或者发现作者对他的朋友是怎么说的，对报纸是怎么说的，这些都没有。

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