Assistant Professor Peng Jui-chin of Providence University's department of Taiwanese literature sums up Yeh's overall role in Taiwanese literary history by describing him as a standard-bearer. It is hard for us today to imagine, says Peng, the risks he faced and the courage required back in those days when the White Terror reigned above and the black hand of criminal collusion with authority ruled below.
靜宜大學台灣文學系助理教授彭瑞金形容，在那個白色恐怖還拖著尾巴、黑手到處伸觸角的年代，葉石濤可以說是隻手擎旗，所冒的風險和勇氣難以想像。