"An important reason why Douglas was able to get into studying Taiwan history was the change in the overall political situation," says Wu Mi-cha, associate professor of history at NTU and a good friend and classmate of Fix at the time.
「費德廉之所以會投入台灣史研究，大背景的轉折是個重要因素，」費德廉當年的同窗好友、台大歷史系副教授吳密察說。