本研究以文化及時局因素解釋白色恐怖時期政府全面、極端恐怖 統治論述與得票率不相符的矛盾。在過去，部份學者對該時期政府及 官員描述是儘可能的暴虐與邪惡，人民則心懷怨恨隨時準備反抗；另 有部份學者則認爲國民黨在當時獲得多數人民支持。本文以白色恐怖 時期山東流亡學生案的口述及訪談資料爲例，說明政府雖在時局影響 下對學生徵兵並製造冤案，但仍保有文化影響及應對時局考慮，於事 後對受迫學生採行各種彈性措施；其次，從受難者對政府反應亦相當 多元來看，文化與時局影響也能解釋雙方共體時艱行爲。本文研究發 現，過去威權時期政府與人民立場僵固論述有檢討空間。

This article explains the contradiction between the description of the brutal rule under the KMT administration and the result of KMT’s vote share during the authoritarian period. In the past, several scholars have claimed that the KMT government and officials were extremely brutal, and hence people in Taiwan resented their new rulers. On the other hand, other scholars believe this government was popular because the majority of Taiwanese people voted for them. This article uses the case of the persecution of the Yantai Associated High School students in Penghu to point out that the KMT government took resilient policies to soothe the rage of survivors after it created this injustice. At the same time, the survivors did not resent the government as some historians have previously claimed. There were different reactions from the survivors and some survivors believed that the tragedy was a result of a few selfish officials, rather than the government. Therefore, the claim that the KMT government’s rule was brutal is something which should be re-examined.