He wrote for Free China for many years and produced numerous articles on political subjects. He wrote in a clear, incisive style, and had a lasting effect that reached down to many of the most famous academics and political commentators of the 1970s and 1980s. Leading intellectuals like Lin Yu-sheng, Yang Kuo-shu, and Chen Ku-ying were among the many who studied directly under Yin at NTU.
他為「自由中國」半月刊長期撰稿，發表了數量可觀的政論文章，他的文字清新、犀利，七、八十年代不少著名學者或政論家都在青年時代深受其影響，直接受教於他的台大學生則有林毓生、楊國樞、陳鼓應等人。