In the fourth chapter, the author points out that, "The Taiwanese people were not versed in politics at the time of the Incident, so the anger they showed and their actions had not yet broken out of the bonds of innocence.
作者在第四章中，慨然指出：「『二二八』事變台民對稗政不論所表露的激憤之情與社會行為模式，基本上不脫『天真行為（包括思維）』（innocence）的範圍。