In 1977 Yu sparked a war of literary theory over Taiwan's Nativist Literature Movement by publishing his essay "The Wolf Nears." He was accused of "opposing nativism" or-to use a more current way of putting it-of "not loving Taiwan" or "selling Taiwan out."
1977 年，余光中以一篇〈狼來了〉點燃台灣鄉土文學論戰，漫天挾帶著意識型態的鋒火中，他被戴上「反鄉土」、「反本土」帽子，套用現在的話，就是「不愛台灣」、「賣台」。