In Pingying County in western Shantung, near the end of the Japanese war, the landlords, never having seen the 8th Route Army before, thought the cadres could be bought just like Kuomintang officials.

• 在山东省的西部有个平阴县，那里的地主从未见过八路军，以为他们跟国民党的官老爷一样，可以用金钱加以收买。