In fact, as early as when she was a graduate student in history at National Taiwan University (1972-1976), Lin revealed great interest in researching and writing books on "macroscopic" topics in Taiwanese history.
其實，早在就讀台大歷史研究所時期（1972-1976），林滿紅就已高度展現對研究、書寫「宏觀」台灣史的興趣。