A student of Chinese writer Lu Xun (魯迅), Tai arrived in Taiwan in 1946 and later taught in the school’s Chinese literature department. The Taipei Department of Cultural Affairs in 2018 said that the house did not meet the cultural heritage preservation criteria. However, after new materials were submitted to prove its cultural value, the department inspected the house on Wednesday. Historic architecture expert Lee Chien-lang (李乾朗), a member of the city’s committee on evaluating cultural heritage, said that an initial inspection of the evidence shows the house could meet the criteria for protection. The department will form a panel to review the case, as stipulated by the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (文化資產保存法), he said.
