In the "Seikyo Shimpo newspaper," Uchimura attempted to write a review on the first issue of "Dokuritsu Hyoron" and mentioned the article, branding Aizan, along with Soho, as the 'real-life example of an old proverb: a wise man changes his mind, a fool never.'
内村は『正教新報』において、『獨立評論』第一号の書評を試みつつこの論文に言及し、愛山を蘇峰とともに「君子豹変の実例」ときめつけた。