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Taiwan Aborigin writer, Rapongan Syaman reveales that he wants to separate from acultruation and to internalize tribal culture in 《Chilly sea, affection deepening》(1997) and then he wrote the early, the mid- term, the old period of his tribal life through ethnobiography method in《Reminiscence of wave》(2002) and 《The old seaman》(2009). Taiwan Aborigin unknown past have a lot of sociality and life value and the power that enables us to criticize our society and to reflect on ourselves and to speculate multicultural essence. This paper mentions how Rapongan syaman's consideration about Aborigin' future changes according to the stream of time. First, as of Ethnic group thesis, 《Reminiscence of wave》 takes up the position of ethnocentrism by dichotomous description strategy between Chinese and Aborigin. But 《The old seaman》 destroys the wall laid between Chinese and Aborigin, pursuing homogeneity. 《The old seaman》describes seamen absorbed in wildly attractive sea and true humanity transcending ehtnic part. Second, as of tradition and modernity, 《Chilly sea, affection deepening》 sticks on indiscriminate de- sinicize, rejecting modernization. But 《Reminiscence of wave》investigates the value of modern education and new knowledge from various angles. 《The old seaman》 accepts convenience of modernization and instrumental reason selectively, establishing value rationality simultaneously. In other words, 《The old seaman》 accepts modernization and pursuing ethnic traditional essence at the same time.