This set the tone for the place and gave it its mystique. Tang Yu believes that Yen Yun-nien created many opportunities for the native Taiwanese to seek employment, absorbing migrant workers from the country villages and making significant contributions to stability and local prosperity. And the infighting between those who traced their ancestry from Chang-chou and those who traced it to Chuan-chou was rarely seen in Chiufen.
唐羽認為，顏雲年對台灣當時的就業市場提供了許多工作機會，吸收鄉村流動人口，對安定、繁榮地方有很大貢獻；此外，原本常發生的漳、泉械鬥，在九份也很少見到。