It was found that some of the Song-Yuan era shards in Penghu originally came from as far away as north China. "Perhaps at that time merchants used Penghu as a distribution center. Ships from all over China may have congregated here, then exchanged goods among themselves before heading off to the South Seas to sell their products," he deduces.
結果發現，澎湖的宋元陶瓷中，最遠來自中國北方，「可能是當時人將澎湖當作一個分貨處，從全國各窯口來的船隻在此集合，互相交換貨物後下南洋販賣」，他推測。