After several career twists and turns after college, he was appointed to be editor-in-chief of the literary supplement of The Independence Evening Post in 1982. Back then, before the rise of opposition parties, the supplement served to a large extent to represent the voices of the Taiwanese people.
大學畢業後，幾經輾轉，1982 年向陽到黨外時期相當程度代表台灣民間聲音的《自立晚報》主編副刊。