Comparing studies on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, he says that Taiwanese academics show a deeper Western influence and are more aware of work in the field from the rest of the world. Chinese academics, on the other hand, have a more traditional orientation. Everyday wisdom Has spending so much time reading the I Ching over the years affected Van Ess 'outlook on life at all?
比較兩岸「易學」的不同，他認為台灣學者受西方影響較深，探究角度層面較廣，能夠兼顧全球漢學家的學術成果及報告；大陸則遵循傳統研究方式，屬於純「中國式」的，兩種觀點各具特色。