Of him it was said, "You can ask him anything about anything. He even knows how many celestial fairies there are in heaven." He helped interpret the meaning of the frenzied movements of the local shaman boy, and the people in town would often ask him to explain the cryptically worded fortunes handed out at the temples.
林邦興是一個「天文地理知透透，天頂有幾個仙他都知道」，在村里幫乩童翻譯的「桌頭」，經常有村裡人拿著廟裡抽來的籤詩求他解答，這位阿邦仙就會以說書的方式，將籤詩中的意涵解釋出來。