Just like in a story of a kung fu master reaching enlightenment, Lim began to live a more regular lifestyle at the instruction of the wise old man. He also started reading the Tao Te Ching, the I Ching, and other Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist classics.
就像武俠小說描寫的「開竅」過程一般，在那位他口中「有智慧」的老伯提點下，林強開始過著規律的生活，也研讀道德經、易經，以及其他的儒道經典及佛家典籍。