In Professor Yin's opinion, there are many episodes involving the Hakkas that deserve the close attention of historians. Terms like Liutui militia and the yimin militia go further than anything else toward symbolizing the Hakka experience in Taiwan. "Furthermore," says Professor Yin, "they were also two of the largest social organizations in the early days of Taiwanese settlement."
在尹章義眼中，台灣史上應重重記下一筆的客家事件很多，而「六堆」與「義民」，至今仍是客家最顯著的正字標記，「也是早期台灣開發史上兩個最大規模的社會組織。」