Born to a poor mining family in 1960, Lu Su-wei's road to learning was littered with obstacles and frustrations. He practiced writing until his fingers were misshapen; he read until his vision blurred. For all his effort, he still received zeros on his tests. He transferred three times over four years before finally graduating from junior high school.
民國四十九年出生於貧困礦工家庭的盧蘇偉，學習路程崎嶇坎坷，曾經手指頭寫字到變形，眼睛看書成弱視，還是經常考零分，國中換了三個學校，讀了四年，大學考了七年。