马哈福兹通过《续天方夜谭》里13个故事集中地表现了他对平衡之道的理解和看法。取舍有度、善恶平衡以及舍得之道是概括其平衡思想的3个方面。马哈福兹试着和人们探讨以平衡之道控制人心并最终获得内心的宁静与归属之可能性,并以寓言的形式向人们表达了温和的劝诫。 Mahfouz concentrated his understanding of the road to balance through his 13 stories in The Continued Nightmare. The trade-offs, the balance between good and evil and the ways of sacrifice are three aspects that summarize their balanced thinking. Mahfoudz tried to discuss with people the possibility of controlling the human mind by the way of balance and, ultimately, of inner tranquility and belonging, and in the form of an allegorical expression of gentle exhortations.