Honorary Sediq In Hsu's opinion, it is Teng's deep concern for his fellow human beings that has enabled him to devote so much of himself for such a long time to his fieldwork. "It isn't every anthropologist," says Hsu, "who shows this quality."
新賽德克人許木柱認為，鄧相揚之所以能長期「不惜血本」地投入地方文史工作，是基於他對人的基本關懷，「這不是每個人類學者都能具備的特質」，許木柱認為非常可貴。