Yu Kwang-chung, a professor of foreign languages at Sun Yat-sen University who moved to Kaohsiung 13 years ago and has written many poems about the city, holds that Kaohsiung, which was "born beautiful," not only shouldn't give up on itself but should take the initiative to recommend itself to outsiders.
十三年前移居高雄，還為高雄寫了許多詩的中山大學外文系教授余光中認為，「天生麗質」的高雄不但不要「自棄」，還要主動對外「自薦」。