Naturally Wu San-lien realized that in view of his personal debt of gratitude to the Lin family, he ought to heed their advice and stop his activities. But from the standpoint of the interests of the Taiwanese people, he could not leave off.
吳三連當然明白，站在報答私恩的立場，他應該聽林家的勸阻；但基於民族利益，他又不容退縮。