hiː paɪənˈɪɹd ðə stˈʌdi ʌv tˌaɪwənˈiːz ˌɑːɹkiːˈɑːlədʒi, ɛŋkˈɜːɹɪdʒd mˈʌltaɪdˈɪsɪplˌɪnəl ˌænθɹəpəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl ˌɑːɹkiːəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ, ænd ˈɜːdʒd ˌɑːɹkiːˈɑːlədʒˌɪsts tə kənsˈiːv ʌv ˈiːst ˈeɪʒən pɹˈiːhɪstɚɹi tʃˈaɪnə, kɚɹˈiːə, ænd dʒəpˈæn æz ɐ plˌʊɹɹəlˈɪstɪk hˈoʊl.
He pioneered the study of Taiwanese archaeology, encouraged multi-disciplinal anthropological archaeological research, and urged archaeologists to conceive of East Asian prehistory (China, Korea, and Japan) as a pluralistic whole.