What is the personality of Chiang Kai-shek, an important figure in modern Chinese history? How did an unruly teenager in the eyes of his clansmen in Fenghua grow into a great man leading the Chinese nation against foreign aggression?

Themed 'Interpreting the Republic of China: The Daily Routines of Politicians Versus History', the salon was set in the history of the Republic of China, and investigated the growth environment, characters, religious beliefs and hobbies of the Republic leaders, and these affected their decisions and behaviors and thereby the process of history, so as to deepen our understanding of historic characters and particular historic events out of the details of usual and unusual occurrences. Professor of Peking University's History Department, academic member of Yintai Foundation's 'The Chiang Family and the Modern Chinese History' program Wang Qisheng had a dialog with researcher of the CASS Institute of Modern History and director of the Republic of China History Laboratory Luo Min over this topic.