After this someone immediately wrote to him protesting that he ought to have used one of Teng Yu-hsien's works. But, Chen asks, "Why shouldn't I remember the February 28th Incident in my own way?"
後來馬上有人寫信去抗議為何不用鄧雨賢的作品，「為什麼我不能用自己的方式來祭『二二八』？」陳秋盛說。