In 1997, he wrote “ On This Day Let Us Plant a Tree ” in honor of the 50th anniversary of the February 28th Incident. With Taiwan now more open and democratic, a renewed hope and desire to console took the place of the sorrow and anger of his earlier work.
之後在 1997 年「228 事件」50 周年時，他又寫下了〈這一天讓我們種一棵樹〉，當時台灣已走向民主開放，詩中悲憤減少，代而起之的，是一種重生的撫慰與希望。