第一場
場景 巡邏艦艇光明號的甲板上
時間 1947年5月21日夜晚（二二八之後謝雪紅離開台灣）
（音樂）（海浪音效）
（謝雪紅從船艙往空無一人的甲板上來，悶咳幾聲，張望一下）
最危險的地方，就是最安全的地方。
「燈台下暗」（toudai-moto-kurashi）在燈台底下，反而最暗，謝雪紅，妳要坐國民黨的船才出得去。
剛才上船，奧巴桑故意給他們扶著走，懋棠說這三位拜託了，紅包拿過去（動作），沒有盤問。船一開，大家就放心了。
這個蔡懋棠在左營要塞司令部上班，聽說我們找船找得很急，他就去問到這艘巡邏艦艇，跟艦長講好，讓我跟克煌，還有周明，搭個便船。
Act I
Scene Deck of patrol boat the Shining Light
Time Night of May 21, 1947：Hsieh Hsueh-hung leaves Taiwan in the
aftermath of the February 28 Incident
（Music）（Sound effect of ocean waves）
（Hsieh Hsueh-hung emerges from the boat’s hold onto the deserted deck,looking about her in a fit of muffled coughing）
The most dangerous place is often the safest.
As the Japanese say: “Toudai moto kurashi.” Darkness reigns at the foot of a lighthouse. Hsieh Hsueh-hung! A KMT military craft may just be your ticket out of danger!
When boarding the boat, I, feigning a frailty befitting an obasang, allowed myself to be supported by the others. Maotang said: “Please take care of these three” as he handed over the red envelope（gesture）. We were spared the usual questioning and security checks. A heavy weight was lifted off our hearts only when the boat lifted anchor.
Cai Maotang, who works inside the Garrison Command of Fort Zuoying, found this patrol boat for us after learning that we were desperately looking for a boat. He got the boat commander to agree to give me, Kehuang and Zhou Ming, passage on his craft.
他親自來彰化接我，一個穿了白色軍裝的國民黨海軍大尉，出現在我面前，真的給他嚇了一跳。
在火車上就假裝是他的老媽媽。他穿了軍服，我又一直裝睡，沒有引起注意。
聽二妹說，全島各地，都在廣播，用五種不同的語言，全面通緝我：國語、台語、客家語、日本話，還有高山話。
「捉到謝雪紅，活的三十萬；死的，二十五萬。」把我打死也有二十五萬！我真值錢呢！二妹還一面跟克煌開玩笑，「喂～你們一個人三十萬，兩個人有六十萬，哇，真可惜，回來的時候要還我哦！」
還妳，一定還妳，這些錢至少可以蓋一間新房子。到時候我們回來的那一天，二妹妳要什麼都可以。
還有小弟；做我弟弟真的有比較倒楣，二七部隊一退進埔里，蔣匪軍就開到台中，沒收了你的大華酒家當師部辦公室。這次我又連累了弟弟。你以後想再開店，想幹什麼都可以，愛去訓練一支棒球隊也可以。等我回來。
今天能平安離開，就是有一天要回來。
（張望）（海面上黑）
Cai came in person to Zhanghua to pick me up. It gave me a start when this lieutenant of the KMT navy, in white uniform, appeared before me.
On the train, I pretended to be his elderly mother. We didn’t attract any attention because he was in uniform and I feigned sleep all the way.
According to my younger sister, there was an APB out for me all across Taiwan, broadcast in Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, Japanese and a mountain dialect.
“A reward of 300,000 yuan for Hsieh Hsueh-hung captured alive and 250,000 if dead.” I do fetch a high price! Even dead I’m worth 250,000! My younger sister,in her gallows humor, said to Kehuang: “Hey, you’re worth 300,000 a piece. That adds up to 600,000 for the two of you. Too bad I can’t collect it now. Make sure you compensate me when you come back.”
You will be compensated. I’ll make sure of that. You could at least build a new house with that kind of money. When we return, sister, you can ask anything from us.
And I won’t forget my younger brother. You’ve suffered simply because you happen to be my brother. Once the February 27 Brigade retreated to Puli, Chiang Kai-shek’s bandit troops marched into Taizhong and seized the premises of your Dahua Restaurant for use as their division headquarters. I got you into trouble again this time. Just wait for my return. Then you can open another store or do anything you want. Coach a baseball team even! Just wait ‘til I come back.
If I can get out safely today, one day I’ll be able to come back.
（Looks about）（The sea is shrouded in darkness）
海面上這麼黑，今天是五月廿一號，初幾了？月亮還沒出來嗎？
那邊一塊一塊的，是鹽田？還沒有過濁水溪嗎？
中央山脈在哪裡？我怎麼什麼也望不見？只有星星。
這次起義還是失敗了，我一時也無法成立人民政府，我們準備不及，連絡不周，誰都措手不及，不過年輕人真的很勇敢！願意拿起武器，參加戰鬥。
國民黨政府有沒有了解人民的抵抗呢？有沒有聽到一點點人民的聲音？最後，還是守不住埔里，也無法退入霧社，只好把武器埋藏起來解散部隊，不能讓太多人犧牲。
二二八之後，從上海飛到台灣的第一架飛機，就把黨中央的命令帶來了。
黨中央要我們立刻離開台灣，四月中給了四萬台幣做旅費。四萬元不夠，但意思是很清楚的了。找船不容易，走私船有，但麻煩很大，又危險。克煌彰化、鳳山來回，到處想辦法。
It’s so dark on the sea. Today is May 21st. What day of the lunar month is it? Why hasn’t the moon come out yet?
Are those patches salt flats? Haven’t we passed the mouth of the Zhuoshui River yet?
Where is the Central Mountain Range? Why can’t I see anything except the stars?
This uprising was another failed attempt and I wasn’t able to form a people’s government in the time we had. We were overtaken by events because of insufficient preparation and poor communication. But the young people showed great courage in taking up arms to join the fight.
Has the KMT government got the message of the popular resistance? Has it heard the voice of the people, even if only a bit? In the end we weren’t able to hold Puli, nor were we able to retreat to the relative safety of Wushe. To avoid further casualties, we decided to stash away our weapons and temporarily disband.
The orders of the Central Committee of the Party arrived on the first plane to fly from Shanghai to Taiwan immediately after the February 28 Incident.
The Central Committee wanted us to leave Taiwan immediately. We received 40 thousand Taiwan dollars in mid-April for our travel needs. The amount was insufficient, but the thinking of the party was sufficiently clear. Finding a boat hasn’t been easy. There are smugglers’ boats but they are more trouble than they’re worth, given the risks. Kehuang shuttled between Zhanghua and Fengshan, trying to arrange one way out or another.
我目標太大，只有躲起來。從魚池到水里，走山路經過集集，再到竹山，走過一大片竹林，走了好久才找到張家。張太太看到我就抱住我。她一聲也不哭，就一直抱住我，就一直抱住我。
張茂良是上海建黨的老同志，代表台灣青年讀書會，黨綱是他一個字一個字抄的。對，正好二十年前，一九二七、二八在法國租界，我們一起被抓，他從窗戶看到日本便衣，就大聲通知我，給我時間處理文件。被日本特務抓去關的時候，我跟茂良說，「革命家是沒有失業的」，他馬上會意，「是的，坐牢也是革命的工作，沒有失業，沒有失業。」可恨，在監獄，他給日本法西斯害死了，大兒子昭田，二十歲不到，又在虎尾機場，被蔣軍打死，我真……，我很想在張太太家多住幾天。
從梅山那邊傳來消息，平地很緊張，軍警每天突襲檢查，要我不能久待在一個地方。
回去和美，在老親戚家躲了兩晚，再去彰化，住克煌伯父的舊房子。
I had to find a hiding place because I was too visible a target. I walked from Yuchi to Shuili, over the mountains through Jiji to Zhushan. I finally found the Zhang house after trekking through seemingly endless bamboo thickets. When Mrs. Zhang saw me, she pulled me into her arms, without uttering a sob, but holding me for what felt like an eternity.
Zhang Maoliang, an old comrade, was present when the Communist Party of Taiwan was founded in Shanghai, representing the Taiwan Youth Study Group. It was he who took the pains of copying down the Party platform verbatim. Yes, it was twenty years ago, in 1927— or was it 1928 when we were arrested together in the French Concession in Shanghai? When he saw the Japanese plainclothes he raised his voice to alert me so that I would have time to dispose of documents. When we were led away by the Japanese secret agents to prison, I said to Maoliang: “A revolutionary is never out of work.” He understood immediately, replying: “Yes, going to prison is also part of our revolutionary work. We are not out of work. We are never out of work.” While in prison he was tortured to death by the hateful Japanese fascists. His eldest son Zhaotian was barely 20 when he also died at the hands of Chiang Kai-shek’s troops at the Huwei airport. I wanted to stay with Mrs. Zhang for a few more days but….
News from Meishan was that the situation was tense in the plains, with the military and the police daily sweeping the towns and raiding houses, hunting for me. I was told not to stay too long in any one place.
I returned to Hemei and hid in a relative’s place for two nights before traveling to Zhanghua to hunker down in the old house of an uncle of Kehuang’s.
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