On the day it was published, the Historical Association of the Republic of China happened to be meeting in Taipei. Many of its members attacked her: It's tragedy enough that the nation's head of state calls himself a Japanese, they complained, but now Lin Man-houng, an historian, is defending him!
文章刊出當天，適逢中國歷史學會在台北開會，許多與會人士抨擊，我國元首自稱日本人已是一大悲哀，身為歷史學者的林滿紅，竟還幫他辯護！