Today Tong has gone on to become Biographical Literature's literary backbone and a close friend of Liu Shao-tang. With a deep respect for his intelligence and knowledge, Liu talks at length about T.K. Tong in glowing terms. He directly states that right now it is getting harder and harder to find writers who have such a deep and distinguished grasp of history and an elegant literary style.
現在唐德剛更成了「傳記文學」的文膽和劉紹唐的摯友，一個愛其才，一個敬其識，劉紹唐一提到唐德剛就讚不絕口，直說，現在像這樣史學造詣一流又有文采捷才的作者真是越來越難得了。