The radiant hopes and murderous hates that the Chinese peasantry poured into the sphere of war and revolution released a flood of emotional energy that exploded with the force of an atomic bomb within Chinese society, nearly dissolving it.

• 中国农民投入战争与革命中的热切的希望和刻骨的仇根，化成巨大的激情的能量，像在中国社会中爆炸一颗原子弹似的，几乎把中国社会炸得粉碎。