"Taiwan's history is not all centered on the Western plains. The aboriginal peoples have been living here for thousands of years." He says that human activity in Taiwan has a vertical distribution from ancient to modern times and from high to low. Even the highest mountains show traces of human presence.
「台灣歷史的核心並非都在西部平原，『原住民』早在幾千年前就在這塊土地上生活」，他說，台灣的人文活動呈垂直分佈，從古到今，從上到下，再高的山都有人文遺跡。