But writing Taiwanese poetry is easier said than done. Through high school, he had acquired no knowledge of Taiwanese history and culture via his formal education. He could manage to get by in everyday conversation in Taiwanese, but taking it to the level of a literary language-let alone the highly refined and concise language of poetry-was a daunting task.
高中之前，學校教育沒有教導任何台灣的歷史人文知識，台語雖勉強會說，但要寫成文學的語言，特別是精鍊濃縮的詩，非常困難。