“In recent years, there has been an attempt to find a more moderate interpretation of Chiang. Chiang is now increasingly perceived as a man simply overwhelmed by the events in China, having to fight simultaneously Communists, Japanese and provincial warlords while having to reconstruct and unify the country. His sincere, albeit often unsuccessful attempts to build a more powerful nation have been noted by scholars such as Jonathan Fenby and Rana Mitter. Mitter has observed that, ironically, today's China is closer to Chiang's vision than to Mao Zedong's. He argues that the Communists, since the 1980s, have essentially created the state envisioned by Chiang in the 1930s. Mitter concludes by writing that "one can imagine Chiang Kai-shek's ghost wandering round China today nodding in approval, while Mao's ghost follows behind him, moaning at the destruction of his vision".[97] Liang Shuming opined that Chiang Kai-shek's "greatest contribution was to make the CCP successful. If he had been a bit more trustworthy, if his character was somewhat better, the CCP would have been unable to beat him".[98]”
國人習慣於認為,既然一方被曆史證明是錯了,那當年他們的對手就是完全正確的。其實有時候雙方都不盡如人意。。。如當年的國共兩黨,都是列寧式的專製政黨,都有特務統治的味道,在大陸統治的時候都腐敗(當然現在偶黨是“青出於藍”);同時期的德國,可能上台的一個是納粹,一個是共產黨,都是反曆史潮流的。所以俺不讚成頌聖於任何一方。我們拖著千年的封建傳統前行,故轉型舉步維艱。。。