Poverty is one of the greatest social evils of our time.贫困是当代最大的社会弊端之一。Drug addiction is one of today's great social evils.吸毒成瘾是当今社会的一大罪恶。While exposing the social evils, the main attack in this novel is directed against the literati.在揭露社会罪恶的同时，这本小说的主攻目标是直捣那些学者阶层。