Because none of the first generation of post-war Nativist writers, which included Chung Li-ho, Yeh Shih-tao and Chung Chao-cheng, had first-hand experience of fighting the Communists, they were unable to produce model anti-Communist works. In consequence, they lost their place in the mainstream and had a hard time earning a living.
戰後第一代的本土作家如鍾理和、葉石濤、鍾肇政等人，由於沒有切身與共產黨鬥爭經驗，無法創作典型的反共文學，自然被排擠在主流之外，生存十分艱辛。