He devoted 30 years of his life to service on the island. Before his death he selected a burial spot on high ground overlooking the Tanshui River so that even after he had passed on he would have a view of his beloved green fields and the distant sea.
他在北部台灣的平原山林奉獻了三十年的歲月，死前，他在淡水的高崗上擇定墓地，以便身後仍能眺望他最摯愛土地的蔥綠田野和遠方海洋。