Friday, 28 February

Third day of the second lunar month

At 10.00 a.m. a Yuan meeting. Finished quite early. President Sun was in quite the worst of his stormy moods today. He turned upon Dr. Xie for Gao Yintang’s (高蔭棠) failure in his duty. In spite of Xie’s imperturbable nature, he found it difficult to take affront. Poor Dr. Sun Fo, I pity him. His mental sufferings must be extremely great. No human being can possibly remain calm, when his wife threatens a fatal failure in health with her blood ever remaining on his hands if she really leaves this world, while the woman for whose sake he made such a sacrifice has left him with nothing but dissatisfaction or even a curse in her heart. I told Xie to take it philosophically when a friend is suffering at a temperature of over 107 F you ought rather to pity him for his hardships than to take it amiss. Glad to find friend Hsieh felt much better after his talk with me.