Today, the people of Chihshang Township are doing their utmost to bring Tapo Lake fully back to life, and in the future, their children will be able to experience for themselves the meaning and sensibility of this piece of verse as they sit on the shore of the lake.
為有源頭活水來。」關於大坡池的生命，宋代學者朱熹說得明白。今天池上鄉民戮力尋回大坡池的盎然生機，未來，他們的孩子將在池畔體會這詩文的內涵與意境。