We are now classed together as Puyuma, but we were originally scattered among eight principal tribes. "Puyuma" was just the name of one of those tribes. Before Japanese colonial rule, there was no concept at all of "the Puyuma" as an ethnic group. We just thought of ourselves as different tribes.
就像如今的卑南族，她原有八個主要部落，「卑南」（puyuma）只是其中一個部落的名稱；日據時代以前根本沒有所謂「卑南族」的概念，只有不同部落的概念，部落間甚至互相矛盾，相互征戰。