In recent years there has been much research into historical materials on the February 28 Incident, but there are still some gaps in the record. On the whole, one has had to rely heavily on word-of-mouth reports from people who lived through the incident to arrive at any kind of comprehensive understanding.
而近年來研究二二八的史料雖然不少，但是局部地區的資料卻不見得齊全，多半要靠曾經歷事件的老人口述，才能得到概括性的瞭解。