"Had Fix's research succeeded then, he might have become the first specialist on '228,'" says Wu Mi-cha. "But the 30s and 40s at that time remained a blank period." Fix's research included the gradual rise of Taiwanese ethnic nationalism, and this greatly influenced the work of later researchers of the February 28 Incident.
「如果當時費德廉的研究能成功，他可能有機會成為最早的 228 專家，」吳密察說，「不過，30-40 年代在當時也是一個空白的年代，費德廉的研究包括台灣民族主義的逐步興起，仍對後來的 228 研究者產生了很大的影響。」