Deemed "remarkable both for its experimental style and its creative success," Daughter's Wine was selected by the Cultural Affairs Council in 1999 as one of the 30 "Taiwan classics." From that point on, Chien Chen had heroically broken free from the narrow confines of being a "woman writer" in Taiwan.
《女兒紅》因「新風格的實驗與創意上的成就有目共睹」，在 1999 年被文建會選為 30 本「台灣文學經典」之一，簡媜也從此以壯士之姿告別台灣文壇的女性閨閣之限。