Many years ago youth were influenced by Hsia Mien-tsun's translation of An Education in Love, in which an Italian youth writes of the love of his country, family and friends. It had a deep impact on molding people's character.
許多年前的童年，人人都曾受夏丐尊所譯亞米契斯的《愛的教育》影響，書中意大利少年以日記體裁，寫國家之愛、家庭之愛、友伴之愛，對許多人的性情塑造有深潛的助力。