In 1994, as the political atmosphere was becoming increasingly open, during the first-ever elections for provincial governor and the mayors of special municipalities, Hsu began making his "Taiwan Trilogy" of dramatic serials, based on the White Terror period of the 1950s. He thus brought prime-time TV into contact with current events, and consequently is an important figure for the study of broadcasting history in Taiwan.
一九九四年直轄市市長首屆民選，政治氣候開放之際，徐進良以白色恐怖為題材，開始製作《台灣三部曲》──《台灣水滸傳》、《台灣演義》、《台灣廖添丁》，讓電視連續劇與時代脈動緊緊結合，引起傳播學界熱烈討論。