In a letter he wrote to his assistant General Chu Hsin-yi, he described the pain in his heart: "The current situation is a far cry from before. The mountains and rivers are the same as always, but the affairs of humankind have completely changed.
他曾經在給他的助手朱心一將軍的信中如此道盡辛酸：「此間情況，遠非昔比，山河依舊，人事全非，偶憶宋人詞中謂：『嘆年光過盡，功名未立。