Chiang, who was on the scene when Fu made these comments, said to Fu: "You are absolutely right. But that just means that they made great contributions, while we were just beasts of burden." But this is too modest an appraisal, at least for Fu.
在場的蔣夢麟補充說，「孟真，你這話對極了，所以他們兩位是北大的功臣，我們兩個人不過是北大的功狗。」