He also is sued the famous proclamation, "While there is still a chance of peace we will not give up hope, before the time for sacrifice has arrived we won't make sacrifices lightly," which clearly showed that China wanted peace with Japan but would no longer give way and the choice of peace or war was in the hands of the Japanese.
此外，他又發表著名的「和平未到絕望時期，絕不放棄和平；犧牲未到最後關頭，絕不輕言犧牲」，表明中國願對日本和平，惟不再退讓，是和是戰，任由日本自擇。