As mayor of Taipei and then as governor of Taiwan, whether faced with hectoring legislators or a recalcitrant citizenry, he always managed to turn dissension into harmony and get "good marks." Many people may not know that he first earned the favorable notice of the reform-minded Mr. Chiang for a bold and substantive critical report that he made on agricultural policy as a consultant with the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction.
他為人謙和恭讓，在擔任台北市長、台灣省主席期間，無論面對咄咄逼人的民意代表，或公共政策中不願合作的民眾，都能化戾氣為祥和，「高分過關」；大家或許不知，他當年卻是在擔任農復會技正時，以一次勇於批評，又言之有物的農政報告，深獲銳意革新的經國先生賞識。