Pan-Green Other Republic of China rule Japanese rule "Taiwan the Formosa" (Chinese: 台灣翠青, pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Chhùi-chhiⁿ), also "Taiwan the Green", is a poem written (conceived in 1977; finalized in 1993) by Taiwanese poet and clergyman Tīⁿ Jî-gio̍k (鄭兒玉; John Jyi-giokk Ti'n, Cheng Er-yu [zh]),[1] set to music between 1988 and 1993 by neo-Romantic Taiwanese composer Tyzen Hsiao.
The text represents an early example of the popular verse that emerged from the Taiwanese literature movement in the 1970s and 1980s.
It has subsequently been translated into other languages, such as Hakka (by clergyman Hiû San-hiùng 邱善雄).
Jîn-lūi bûn-hòa, sè-kài hô-pêng, kok-bîn hiòng-chêng kòng-hiàn châi-lêng.
Lán beh kiàn-siat jîn-ài kong-gī, chó͘-kok moá-toē chhin-chhiūⁿ tī thiⁿ.
Here’s the basis of our nation: four diverse groups in unity, come to offer all their varied skills, for the good of all and a world at peace.