After passing the entrance exam to Taipei Medical College, he learned from a Yami friend that their medical environment was poor, and also that, because the government did not understand local culture, they enforced many "civilizing" projects that didn't work.
當他考上台北醫學院後，從雅美朋友口中得知當地醫療環境不佳，也曾發生幾次因政府不瞭解當地文化、而進行所謂的「文明」措施，結果適得其反。