But over time there have been many legends and stories passed around so that his reputation has become 'inflated' and he has become a great hero, "suggests Lin Wan-chuan, who serves as archivist in the Committee for Taipei City Historical Records.
「他本來只是一個小人物，結果傳來傳去，故事比總統還多，愈來愈『膨風』，變成了一個大英雄」，在台北市文獻委員會擔任編纂的林萬傳認為。