With the December sun shining as if it were the first day of spring back in the interior, he decided to change the name of the place where he settled--previously called Lang-chiao in the Paiwan language--to "Hengchun," meaning "eternal spring." He went on to open up the mountains and subdue the indigenous people, taking the peninsula from the era of being an aboriginal stronghold to the "Hengchun" era.
十二月天的暖冬恰如內地的初春，於是他將設城所在地、排灣族語稱為「琅嶠」之名改為「恆春」，接著開山撫番，將半島的歷史從「番山」帶入「恆春」。