"Businessmen are stressing nothing more than the value of the buildings," says Mi Fu-kuo, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Architecture. But the value of an extended family compound is not in the structure, but in the spiritual content.
「商人強調的不過是房子的價值」，淡江大學建築研究所副教授米復國指出，合院的價值不在形式，而是精神內涵。