余秋雨先生在《文化苦旅·笔墨祭》中提到清末民初反对白话文的古文家林纡(字琴南)时写道: 林琴南握着毛笔的手终于颤抖了。他停止了翻译,用毛笔写下了声讨白话文兼及整个新文化的愤怒檄文…… 相比之下,当时新文化的斗士们却从容得多,除了蔡元培给林琴南写了一封回信, Yu Qiuyu mentioned in Cultural Exhortations, Pen and Ink Sacrifices that Lin Qinnan, a paleontologist who opposed the vernacular of late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, finally shuddered. He stopped translating and wrote an angry essay on white paper and the entire new culture with his brush ... In contrast, the fighters of the new culture were far more accommodating, except Cai Yuanpei wrote a reply to Lin Qinnan,