Driven on by his desire "To give people justice who did not have it before," however, he has made arrangements for other people to take up his work and put right what he sees as the great wrong committed by the West in viewing China as a land without science.
他強調，西方人長久以來以為中國沒有科學，是極大的不公道，他的一生志業無非是要「還給中國一份公道」。而目前主要的卷冊多已完成，其餘部分也在進行之中，當初的心願算是已經達成了。