The Anli settlements figure prominently in research on the plains aborigines. Because of the role they played in helping to subdue other aboriginal communities, they had land conferred on them by the Qing government, were given tax exemption, and were also granted their own Chinese surname: "Pan."
在所有平埔族的研究中，位於台中平原的岸裡社，由於協助清廷平定其他番社有功，因此受清廷賞賜土地、豁免賦稅，並賜姓「潘」。