Lin says, "Wang Du Lu led the way in combining the knight's steel-hard resolve with gentler feelings. Whatever else his novels may have achieved, they pioneered a new direction in the genre." To Lin, Wang's heroes aren't supermen, and they never really come across as knights-errant.
「王度廬奠立了武俠小說中俠骨與柔情兩大支柱的功用，從這一點看，不論王度廬小說的成就如何，在武俠小說發展上，他確實開創了一個新的面貌，」林保淳認為，王度廬筆下的主角，絕非超人英雄，也往往不像俠客，而是缺乏果斷的多情書生，江湖氣少，文人氣多，缺點更多。