Taking the February 28 incident for example, historical data on the incident has been reconstructed bit by bit from oral testimony. Because of inadequacies in the relevant documentary materials, it is only through set after set of interviews that basic evidence has been acquired. Thus we can learn, for example, what happened in each locality, and find out about the lives of those killed or injured.
以二二八為例，可以這麼說，有關二二八的基本史料，是由口述訪談一點一滴建立起來的，而這其中，因為相關資料的不足，透過對談，一個套一個的訪談查證，如今得以建立起最基本的，例如各地區事件發生始末的史實，以及受到傷害者的生平等資料。