"Shih Chien's thinking was advanced, but he was facing people in a traditional society whose minds had not yet opened. Even though he worked hard to overcome difficulties, he still couldn't avoid meeting a tragic fate," Lin Wan-yi says in conclusion.
「施乾的先進思想，面對著傳統社會尚未開發的民心，儘管走得辛苦努力，仍不免走向悲劇的宿命」，林萬億總結說。