"He has melded cultural affirmation and ethnic self-respect with literary practice to create a purely Chinese literary form," says Ng Kim Chew. "This provides solace to his personal sensibilities, both literary and ethnic."
「透過文化認同、民族自尊和文學實踐，冶煉出一種清純的中國文體」，黃錦樹認為李永平寫作的用意：「這一來，作者個人的文學和民族良心也得到撫慰。」