He likes Taiwan and only by accident fell into the study of the island's history. His more than 30-year connection with Taiwan is, in a very fortuitous way, intimately bound up with a great turning point in the study of Taiwan history.
喜歡台灣，無意間踏入台灣史研究領域，而他與台灣長達三十幾年的結緣，也非常巧合地緊扣了台灣史研究發展的重大轉折。