Nevertheless, after the renowned Peking Opera performer Chou Cheng-jung declared, "go ask Wu Hsing-kuo if he is willing to study with me," the 26-year old Wu returned to the Peking Opera stage.
然而卻在平劇名鬚生周正榮一句「去問問吳興國，願不願意跟我磕頭？」廿六歲的吳興國又一頭栽回平劇的方寸舞台。