He had, in fact, already shown his personal support when he donated NT $ 20 million from the royalties from his book With the People Always in My Heart, which enabled the memorial to be built within a year.
事實上，他早以實際的捐款行動表示支持，將他出版的書籍《台灣的主張》版稅二千萬元捐贈給基金會，使得紀念碑得以順利地在一年內完成。