"To the Chinese, the husband and wife are as one; they are intimate and loving and don't distinguish between themselves." Tang sees the continually peaceful relations between the Yuans as the exception among his friends.
中國人講究夫妻兩人就是一體、相親相愛、不分彼此」，唐德剛認為，袁家騮夫婦的和好無間，是他的友朋中很難得的例子。