Xiang Yang's Chaos (2005) made him famous after a long break from publishing poems. It included poems he had written from 1987 to 2003. Not only did the book win an award for Taiwan's best collection of new poems in 2007, but the name struck a chord with the general public. The Chinese character of the title was selected by popular vote as the best word to describe 2008.
2005 年，向陽以《亂》為名，出版久違的詩集，其中收錄了 1987 到 2003 年的詩作，不僅獲得 2007 年台灣文學獎新詩金典獎，也和 2008 年的全民票選代表字「亂」若合符節。