While reading through historical materials about Taiwan's Aborigines, Wei was moved by the story of Mona Rudao's heroic death. In 1931, at a time when Japanese rule over Taiwan was peaceful, why did Mona Rudao choose war with the Japanese, catching them totally flat-footed in the process?
魏德聖翻閱原住民史料後，深受莫那魯道壯烈成仁的故事震撼，1931 年是日本人統治台灣最平和的時代，在日人毫無警覺下，莫那魯道為何決定站起來反抗，挑起戰爭？