1999年第4期的《杂文界》里,有一篇题为《“不团结”礼赞》的文章,该文开头写道:“‘三人成虎’一说,可以称作咱们‘早已有之’的关乎团结的说喻了。……‘一根筷子拧得断,一把筷子拧不断’连三岁的孩童也能道破其中掩含的教义:团结就是力量。” In the fourth issue of “The Essay World,” in 1999, there was an article entitled “Complaints of Disunity,” which stated at the beginning that "when the ’three become tigers,’ they can be called what we already have ’’ It’s about unity ... ’A chopsticks is twisted, a chopstick is twisted’ Even a three-year-old child can break the doctrine contained therein: unity is strength. ’