In recent years "Taiwan consciousness" has burgeoned, but there has long been a shortage of research into Taiwan history. Thus there is a tremendous thirst for Taiwan studies in society, and oral histories have certainly been able to compensate for many gaps in the documentary record of Taiwan.
近來台灣意識大興，而過去對台灣歷史的研究一直相當缺乏，因此坊間對台灣史的需求若渴，有關台灣史的部份，以口述訪談為方法，的確也補充了許多文獻的不足。