This event aroused powerful emotions in him: "That was the first time I saw a deep-rooted flaw in the Chinese character: fearing foreigners, but attacking our own people." On the way back home, the servant who had taken him there told him: "You're from Taiwan, you're a Japanese, and the clothes you're wearing are made from Japanese cloth."
這件事情使他深受刺激，「那是我第一次看見中國人的劣根性，怕外國人，打自己人」，林衡道說，在回家的路上，帶他去的僕人對他說，「你有台灣籍，你是日本人，你身上穿的衣服就是用日本布做的。」