Frank's death had a profound impact on Lilley's life. From Lilley's memoirs, one can see that Frank had a great influence on Lilley's childhood ideas about China, and that Frank remained for his younger brother a symbol of virtue and idealism.
法蘭克之死，影響了李潔明一生，在回憶錄中，法蘭克時為李潔明幼年看待中國的眼睛，時而幻化為道德與理想的象徵；思索並追求理想主義者法蘭克信奉的價值，成為李潔明實踐理想的方式。