戰後世代的國人對達梭的記憶是《臺灣通史》作者與愛國史家等類正面印象。曰治時代的臺灣人觀感迫然不同，«臺灣通史》作者而外，御用文人乃其定詐。連橫詩文西侍者，常露宗邦種姓之思與英雄懷抱。祖國人士只請其文，未驗其行，評價都禹。國府進臺後，局勢危疑，須全島一心，更不通餘力表彰ii主梭，並重用其子息，蓋以為他是日治時代臺人氏族氣節之所寄。表彰過程或隱諱揚善，或溢美附麗，或背恃史實，致遠橫形象不斷膨脹，造神痕跡明顯。如此過程也見證了「庇蔭」與「她封」兩現象，可見於進氏父子之間，連氏祖孫之間、被劫的權要與達氏父子之間、執政的黨國機器與連橫之間，以及任何役用途橫者與連橫之間。

LienHeng (1878·1936)，author of The General Histoηof Taiwan， is remembered by the post World War II generations in this island as a patriotic historian. But the prewar generations had a different memory. He was rebu· ked as a hack for the colonial government. However， people in China appreciated him after reading his works. They， of course， had little chance to check his dealing in his homeland with Japanese colonizers and Taiwanese collaborators. After the Nationalist gov· ernment withdrew to Taiwan in 1949， the unsettled government needed the islanders' support. One of its expedients to ensure local support was to pub· licly praise LienHeng， a dead hero of native origin and， most important， an ethnic loyal to the Chinese. By doing so， the Nationalist authorities expected they could appeal to the so· called "Taiwan spirit" and gain backing for recover· ing the lost mainland. LienHeng was acclaimed by all means. Through the process， all perni· cious records of LienHeng were eliminated， diluted or sanitized， while many of his praiseworthy credits were exaggerated， to the extant that historical facts were audaciously twisted. In the long run， a sacrosanct LienHeng was forged. In this process， both the "protection effect" and "patent· transferring effect" were witnessed between LienHeng and his son LienChen·tung， LienHeng and his grandson LienChan， the Lienfamily and Chang Ch'i·yun， the most important promoter of the stature of LienHeng， Lien Heng and the Nationalist government， or even LienHeng and whoever used Lien's icon.