Two years later, he left for Xiamen in mainland China, where he was taken on by a hospital on nearby Gulang Island. There he saw for himself the huge effect of the May Fourth literary movement on Chinese culture and society. The following year he returned to Taiwan and began actively working toward a modern Taiwanese literary style.
兩年後跑到福建廈門，任職於鼓浪嶼租界的醫院，在那裡感受到「五四新文學運動」對於中國文化和社會的鉅大影響，隔年返台後，便積極投入台灣新文學的創作。