Li Chi-hua, an assistant researcher in the Institute of Taiwan History in the Academia Sinica, possessed of a deep impression from the stories of Liao that she heard in her childhood, decided to research him in the original Japanese language documents.
在中央研究院台灣史研究所擔任研究助理的李季樺，就因為小時候對廖添丁的故事印象太深，而決定根據日文原始檔案研究他。