The actions of the Japanese government have had a big impact upon our lives. The very concept that Taiwan has different aboriginal ethnic groups was an idea developed by the Japanese. Before Japan claimed control of Taiwan in 1895, we didn't have that sort of group identity. Back then, the social group with which we identified did not extend beyond our own tribe.
日本政府對原住民的影響很大，在一八九五年日本政府拿下台灣以前，如今所謂的原住民各族，並未有「族群」的觀念，那時，我們的「社會想像」僅到各部落的邊界，是名符其實的「小國寡民」。