Vis-a-vis the type of argument which says that "the ho-yuan is a product of large family clans, and is not suitable for the modern nuclear family society," Wang Chen-hua, who has studied Chinese ho-yuan for many years, says this just shows inadequate understanding of the family compound.
對於「合院是大家族產物，不適於現代小家庭社會」這樣的質疑，研究中國合院多年的學者王鎮華覺得，那是對合院的瞭解不夠透徹。