"A real horse can't transplant rice shoots with its hooves," Yen points out. "This definitely refers to a mechanical object." Yen believes the poem is a valuable resource that merits serious research.
「活生生的馬不會用腳插秧，這一定是人工機械」，顏鴻森認為秧馬歌中大有學問，是一個值得研究的好題目。