秉明在八十年代为吴冠中画展写的序中说: “我们六十出头了,好像老了,好像剩下的日子不多了,又好像还很年轻,才从严冬的冻结中跳出来,精神抖擞,对未来重重计划。”他还说:“卷起袖口,肩膀的肌肉犹实,我曾写信给一个在自贡翻译西洋哲学史的老同学说‘我们这一代的话还没有说完。’” In the preface to Wu Guanzhong’s exhibition in the 1980s, Bingming said: “We are in our early 60’s. It seems old, as if there are not many remaining days, and it seems that we are young enough to emerge from the freezing winter. Full of energy and plan for the future. ”He added:“ I had a cuff on my back and the muscles on my shoulders were solid. I wrote to an old schoolmate who translated the history of Western philosophy in Zigong and said, ’Our generation has not finished saying anything yet.’ ’”