In the experience of Tseng Chao-hsu, professor at National Central University's Department of Chinese, that attitude still applies. Tseng has researched the topic of love for many years and has authored a number of works on the subject, yet he is still regarded in some quarters as pursuing an "unscholarly discipline."
以愛情為研究主題，著作近十本的中央大學中文系教授曾昭旭深有同感，多年以來他「為愛情立心」，至今仍被視為「不務正業」之徒。