Faced with this situation, Pai Hsi-min declared, "If all of us here with our knowledge and training can't rescue even this one community, then how can we talk about reforming the whole society?"
面對這樣的基地，白錫旼發下豪語：「如果我們這麼多個知識份子連這樣一個村落都沒辦法改造的話，那還談什麼改造社會？」