Though unsuccessful, their petitioning has caused researchers to take a new look at the history of Taiwanese overseas Chinese during the Japanese occupation.
就好比祖父中舉後高家祠堂前豎起的旗桿一樣。高家的心願沒有達成，過程中倒是促成了學術界重新研究日據時代台灣華僑歷史的因緣。