Taiwan scholar Xue Yuanhua pointed out in the book "Free China" and Democratic Constitutionalism: "In the nearly eleven years of "Free China", it showed that a liberal intellectual came to Taiwan from mainland China to promote the idea of democracy and freedom. , and went further to seek examples of efforts to live up to his ideals. Although this example ended in tragedy, the ideological seeds it sowed influenced the political movement that gradually resurfaced from the 1970s onwards.
” Many of the protesters of the beautiful island generation were more or less enlightened by the magazine "Free China". For example, the "80s" magazine led by Kang Ningxiang was published before and after its publication in 1979. In order to photo background removing promote the ideas of freedom and democracy, it was published. Four anthologies of "Free China". The ideas and concepts conveyed by "Free China" are still not outdated after more than 20 years of dust. Among my colleagues in Free China, people often mentioned the founder Lei Zhen, the free thinker Yin Haiguang, and Fu Zheng, who spanned the two generations of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Progressive Party, while ignoring another important author, Xia Daoping . After the Lei Zhen case broke out and "Free China" was purged, the first three were sentenced to heavy sentences, dismissed from teaching positions, and under strict surveillance. Only Xia Daoping miraculously escaped.
Although he could not continue writing political commentary, he could still transfer Involved in the work of translating Western economics classics. People often admire tragic heroes, because tragedies always have a kind of shocking beauty; however, Xia Daoping, who lived a relatively peaceful life and did not have many stories, had his thoughts and concepts like jewels and precious stones. Xia Daoping contributed as many manuscripts to Free China as Yin Haiguang. In addition to a large number of signed articles, "Free China" published a total of 249 issues, a total of 429 editorials, of which 116 were written by Xia Daoping. The articles he published in "Free China" are not only large in quantity, but also high in quality; there are not only comments on the current situation, but also papers on in-depth theoretical issues.