As he remarks, this move "offered the best protection possible." Chung would later turn Song of Mount Chatien into the third novel of his trilogy The Taiwanese. The second novel in the trilogy, On the Waves, was the last to be completed.
後來，鍾肇政乾脆將《插天山之歌》當作《台灣人三部曲》的第三部，二部曲《滄溟行》反而最後完成。