The Taiwan History Field Research Office that he pushed to set up has become a stronghold for the study of Taiwan history. And he currently heads up the Harvard side of a joint project with the archaeology department of the mainland's Social Sciences Research Institute to survey and excavate Shang dynasty relics and remains.
他推動設立的台灣史田野研究室已成為研究台灣史的重鎮；目前哈佛與大陸社會科學研究院考古所合作調查、挖掘商代遺址，他是哈佛方面的負責人。