The search for old trails often starts from scratch, and his characteristic traits of never being satisfied, of inexhaustible curiosity, of never believing he has read enough on a subject, and of always wanting to experience things for himself, enabled him to fill in many gaps in Taiwan's history books.
古道的探索，往往由零的狀態出發，而他永遠不滿足，永遠不停止對事情產生好奇心，永遠覺得文獻看不夠，永遠想親身體驗的個性，使他成為填補台灣歷史空白的人。