* A strong survival instinct based on outside threats: a sense of crisis created by the uncertainty of having been six times under foreign rule, a high sense of alertness, advance preparation for possible setbacks, adaptability.
為求生存的憂患意識：歷史上六次不同外來政權的統治，不確定感的因素參以高度的危機意識，無形中塑造台灣人民未雨綢繆心態與知變易變的警覺態度。