Taiwanese literary critic Chang Heng-hau's talks on the changes that Taiwanese literature has undergone over the last 100 years and the sweat and tears the island's writers have poured into their work give his listeners a strong sense of this history and a deeper appreciation of the vitality of Taiwanese literature. Chang's remarks are excerpted below: In attempting to define Taiwanese literature, I am reminded of a story.
聽台灣文學評論者張恆豪述說以小說為主軸的台灣文學百年流變、爬梳歷代作家以血淚、理想書寫的篇章，將對台灣生命力有更深層的認識。談台灣文學的定義，不由得讓我想起一個小故事。