On his 51st birthday, Tseng Yung-yi wrote a traditional poem of eight lines, seven characters per line, two lines of which read, "Wandering around without a pole to lean on; in drink I find myself flying."
曾永義五十一歲生日時寫了一首遣懷的七言律詩，當中兩句是：「展轉無何竿影裡，飛揚跋扈酒杯中。」