Chen Pai-lin, a professor in the Department of Journalism at Chengchi University, thinks that in the novel Lu Ding Ji Jin Yung used the character of Wei Xiaobao to discuss the Tiaoyutai issue.
政治大學新聞系副教授陳百齡認為，金庸在《鹿鼎記》裡，塑造出韋小寶這個角色，不也利用他來討論釣魚台事件。