"The classical economist Alfred Marshall promoted the idea that capitalists should act as modern day knights," Lin Heng-tao says. "Having take nenormous profits from society, they ought to adopt the spirit of the knights of the middle ages and give some of their wealth back." Lin insists that the Yens must be Taiwan's only capitalist knights.
「古典學派經濟學名家馬歇爾提倡資本家騎士道，認為資本家從社會取得巨大利潤，也應發揮中古時代騎士道精神，將其財富的一部分回饋社會才對」，林衡道斬釘截鐵地表示，台灣有資本家騎士道的，只有顏家。