People were also sacrificed from my own family so I can appreciate the value of life and I fully sympathize with the feelings of those left behind. But as a social scientist and an historian, I want to brave the anger of the masses and boldly challenge commonly held opinions--because I am not just writing history for a small number of people.
我家中也有人犧牲，生命的寶貴、遺族的心情，我能體會，也十分同情；但做為社會科學家、歷史家，我要有犯眾怒、向常識挑戰的勇氣，因為我不是為少數幾個人在寫歷史。