Chinsaburo was impressed with "Shitoen Kosho (Ko-shu)," authored by Tomoari, the only book that was published while he was alive and the two had some cultural exchanges with each other since then.
沈三郎は、弘化2年（1845年）に伴存の存命中に唯一刊行された著書『紫藤園攷証』甲集にふれて感銘を受け、それ以来、伴存との交流があった。