Tajik Bawan, a member of the Atayal tribe, first met Teng ten years ago when he visited the lab for a blood test. Teng's reputation preceded him, for Bawan had already heard about "the mugan (Chinese person) in Puli who knows a lot about us aborigines."
十年前，泰雅族的的達吉期．巴萬到檢驗所驗血，因而認識鄧相揚，不過早在他去驗血前，就已聽族人說：埔里有個「木幹」（漢人）對我們的事很瞭解。