Ministry of Culture

Yeh Shih-tao's works reflect the society and preserve cultural history. He once said, "My only mission in writing is to establish a truly Taiwanese literature. If we want to prove the existence of Taiwan, we must write the history of Taiwan. For one thing, this can clearly express the times and social changes that the nation has gone through; for the other, it can effectively preserve the evolution of Taiwanese culture and thought. My mission is to clearly define Taiwan as having its own literature."

Shaih Li-fa's book "A History of Art Movements in Taiwan during the Japanese Era" was published, becoming an important research work on the development of Taiwanese art during the period of Japanese rule and a pioneering work in the study of Taiwan’s art history. At that time, few local artists in Taiwan were commonly known to society, hence this book opened a window to Taiwan's art history.