Ch'en Ch'i-lu, chairman of the Council for Cultural Planning and Development, has tried to establish a possible period for the arrival in Taiwan of the Paiwan through a consideration of the colored glass beads they prize as precious family heirlooms.
行政院文化建設委員會主任委員陳奇祿，曾嘗試以排灣族人視為「傳家之寶」的琉璃珠，探討排灣族到台灣的可能年代。