"Old contracts have directly applicable value in the study of Taiwan's history, district records, society and legal system," says Wang Shih-ching, parttime researcher at the Academia Sinica's Sun Yat-sen Institute of Social Science and Philosophy.
「的確，古契約對於研究台灣的歷史、地方誌、社會、法制都有直接利用的價值」，曾經大規模蒐集整理古文書的中研院社科所兼任研究員王世慶表示。