本书十年磨一剑，可谓作者呕心沥血之作。董乃斌先生评价："在文献学的基本功方面表现得比较突出"，"中心部分写得相当精彩"。赵昌平先生评价："做得尤其细致扎实，不但为《唐摭言》的进一步整理提了很好的基础，而且对于从中国文化的角度研究唐代科举制度，提出了一系列富于启发性的意见。作者在文章中所表现出来的文献功底与严密审慎的研究风格，在我近数年所经目的博士论文中也堪称一流。相信如果对《摭言》作新的整理，本文作者应是合适的人选。" (It took a great deal of time for the author to work his heart out to complete the very book. Mr. Dong Naibin commented, "It is outstanding in terms of basics of philology and quite amazing in the core part". Mr. Zhao Changping commented, "This book is written with delicate and solid efforts, not only laying good foundation for further analyses of T'ang Chih-yen, but also providing a series of instructive opinions for research into the Tang Dynasty imperial examination system from the perspective of Chinese culture. The author's knowledge of literature and discreet research style that are displayed in the articles are one of a kind even among the doctoral dissertations I have read in recent years. I believe the author should be the one to turn to when it comes to new analyses of T'ang Chih-yen.")