The village schoolteacher, an embittered mainlander who felt that Hainan was a backwater, spent most days reciting to his students from the writings of officials exiled to Hainan long before.

• 村里的教师是大陆人，这位历尽生活艰难的年轻人觉得海南犹如一潭死水，他天天给学生们背诵古代被贬流放来此的官员的文章。