He describes in one of his articles how "after the rampage of the Japanese warlords and the Chinese Communists, the former land of plenty in northern Kiangsu became a desert. The only sign of life on the plains were some sturdy vegetables and grasses which could survive the onslaught."
從軍閥肆虐到盜匪橫行，從日寇盤踞到匪共竄擾，差不多半個世紀，蘇北平原一直遭受無情的連綿不斷的蹂躪。縱然野草能變成嘉禾，也塞不飽蘇北人民的肚子。