As planning was underway for the presidential inaugural ceremony, the inaugural address--elucidating our common hopes and the myriad problems and challenges we face--was being painstakingly written in order to set forth the directions in which our country will go in these next four years.
當總統府為中華民國第九任總統的就職大典積極籌備之時，總統的就職演說，正一筆一畫地，將我們共同的理想與面對的種種問題與挑戰形諸文字，指出這接下來四年國家前進的方向。