"When Shenmu was about to be cut down, I set out from Taichung at 4: 50 a.m. and arrived with my mother at 9: 10 a.m. to take one last photo with the tree. At 12: 52 p.m. that three-millennia-old tree that so many had grown up alongside fell.
「據報阿里山神木將要砍伐，清晨 4 點 50 分，我從台中驅車出門，9 點 10 分偕同母親一起和神木拍照做最後的留影。