Nevertheless, Hsu's wife Chung Pi-hsia points out that even if Hsu grew up hearing his father curse the KMT for the family's fall in fortune, Hsu, a youth with a great sense of righteousness, was a fervent supporter of policies such as land reform that helped the poor and the weak.
不過，許信良的太太鍾碧霞指出，儘管從小就聽到父親痛罵國民黨，但在頗富正義感的少年時代，許信良是非常擁護這種扶貧濟弱的政策的。