However, the bulk of their output remained traditional regulated verse written in classical Chinese on the theme of longing for the mainland. As such, while these writers did figure in the development of Taiwanese literature, most modern readers have difficulty responding to them either intellectually or emotionally, and their work is not terribly important to the island's literary history.
大致來說，這些作品雖然對台灣文學有相當的滋養作用，但由於以文言文的律詩、絕句寫成，主題又多是對大陸的懷念，現代人讀起來較不容易引起感動或反思，文學史上的意義自然也較小。