According to Kung Peng-cheng, "The people of the Tang dynasty consciously took the Han image of the wandering knight as someone who did not follow the path of justice and turned it around, making him into a heroic figure equally versed in military matters and the arts."
「俠客在唐代逐漸正面化，是唐朝人有意識扭轉漢代俠不軌於正義的形象，一變而成文武合一的英豪，」龔鵬程說。