Yeh Shih-tao, a doyen on the Taiwan literary scene, relates that the first time he went to Nanao township to visit an Atayal village, he asked a tribesman how much longer he had to walk and was told "You'll get there soon!"
文壇書老葉石濤記得，他頭一次到南澳鄉泰雅部落時，向一位族人問還要走多久？對方回答「很快啦！」