Nor were the Taiwanese poets one and all imbued with Chinese patriotism. When Lien Ya-tang was serving as a reporter, for a poetry contest sponsored by the government he praised the Japanese governor-general: "In his embrace our people are protected from calamity."
台灣詩人也並不是個個都懷有民族大義，甚至連雅堂在擔任報社記者時，也曾經因為日本總督徵詩，寫過「保我黎民無災咎」的「頌德詩」。