After the 921 Earthquake of 1999, he, also a victim of the disaster, came upon a settlement of urban Aborigines in Taichung, and the idea of using them as material for writing was spawned.
1999 年 921 大地震之後，本身也是受災戶的他，接觸到台中地區的都市原住民聚落，萌生了以此為題材的念頭。