The different names reflect their eras--eras that shaped the life of the poet. Chen Chien-wu, born Chen Wu-hsiung, wrote poetry before and after World War II as Takeo. During the war, he was drafted into the Japanese military as a "volunteer" by a colonial government with ruthless ambitions. Through luck, he managed to return from the battlefields of Indonesia unharmed.
陳千武，本名陳武雄，即貫穿終戰前後兩個時代的詩人「桓夫」，他成長於戰爭年代，被充滿霸權野心的日本殖民政府徵調為志願兵，靠著命運之神眷顧，才從印尼的叢林炮火中全身而退。