Another scholar who has known Yang for more than ten years and established a cooperative relationship with him, National Taiwan University Professor of Mechanical Engineering Lu Hsiou-hsiung, jokes that the more you study, the more expert--but at the same time inflexible--you become.
另一位與楊泰和認識十多年，並建立合作關係的台大機械系教授呂秀雄也自嘲說，這就是書讀得越多「中毒就越深」，腦筋反而轉不了彎。