In 1968, when he was at Lugu Junior High School, he brought together some classmates, including Lin Bingcheng, to establish the "Verdant Peaks Literary Society." When he was 13, Giant, a magazine edited by the poet Gu Ding, accepted his first published poem: "To Whom Do I Give These Worries?"
1968 年就讀鹿谷國中時，向陽召集了同學林炳承等，成立「翠嶺文藝學友會」，13 歲就在詩人古丁主編的《巨人》雜誌詩廣場，發表首篇詩作〈愁悶，給誰〉。