For these, he drew from both the rich resources of rural folk culture and the great works of classical Chinese literature. They were like two wheels of a bicycle that brought him to Formosa's seashore and dense forests, leaving their indelible tracks on the realm of modern poetry in Taiwan.
他一方面汲取鄉土民間的豐厚資產，一方面從中國古籍中得到滋養，如車之兩輪，帶著他奔赴美麗島的鬱林與水湄，為台灣現代詩壇留下明晰痕跡。