In the preface of the Book of Hu Lancheng, Yasunari Kawabata also mentioned his evaluation of Hu Lancheng's calligraphy: "Today's books are far less than those of the ancients; Japanese are inferior to China. Today, like Hu Lancheng's calligraphy, no one in Japan can match it. "
Hu Lancheng's writing is really like what Master Hong Yi said: There are mixed feelings of sadness and joy. Sadly, why is he still alive? I'm glad to have such words passed down from generation to generation. "People can be abolished, but literature cannot be abolished." Hu Lancheng's writing is light and mellow, and his words and sentences have a unique charm, especially his adjectives are refined. However, he fell to his knees for Wudoumi, joined Wang Jingwei, became a traitor, and lost the integrity of China people.
After the publication of Hu Lancheng's books, especially This Life, the world was amazed. There have been high praises in the literary world: from Lin Yutang, Liang Shiqiu, Qian Zhongshu to Yu, Hu Lancheng is a leader in talented prose, and his works can be ruined by people. At that time, someone recommended this book to Yu Guangzhong, saying that it was a "double cultivation of wisdom and beauty". Jia Pingwa really praised it once after reading it. A man, with his brilliant and tactful brushwork, slowly recalls his long life, starting from his hometown Sheng County, which is a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, with green flowers, lively operas, flowers in the Spring Festival and lingering affection of old marriage. However, once he left, he never came home. "I am not only a slut in my hometown, but also a slut of the years." Meeting Zhang Ailing is just an unforgettable episode in life. Bu Shaofu has a problem with Hu's article. He believes that "Zhang Ailing is said to be talented, but Hu Lancheng is actually more talented". After reading Jiang Weak Water, he almost agreed with Hu Lancheng that China's prose outshines others.
The world thinks that this life is Hu Lancheng's masterpiece, but this is actually the biggest misunderstanding of Hu Lancheng. This Life is a wonderful work in the history of China's prose, and its literary value and literary history value are beyond doubt. But in his later years, Hu Lancheng's dream was not just to be a writer. "It is his pursuit to establish a new academic system." So in the 1970s, Hu Lancheng went to Taiwan Province Cultural University as a professor, giving lectures on Chinese studies, science and philosophy. During that time, he wrote the History of China Literature and Zen is a Flower.