This academic debate not only revolved around objective evidence, but also involved national sentiments and encroached on the academic turf of various researchers. This has always been a highly sensitive area, so perhaps it is not surprising that for a while a fierce battle of words raged.
一場學術論辯不只牽涉客觀證據，還扯上了民族主義和本位主義，原本就是一個極為敏感的地帶，果不其然，一時砲聲隆隆，硝煙四起。