In 1949, when the communists took over Nan-King, Chang Shou-yu already occupied a position of leadership in the party, but his wife Hsia Te-hong had yet to join the party. When everybody went to see Peking Opera in a hall five miles away, Chang Shou-yu rode in a car, while his wife walked with the masses.
一九四九年中共攻下南京時，張守愚已任地位很高的領導，太太夏德鴻卻尚未入黨，大家去五哩外的禮堂看京劇，張守愚乘汽車去，太太卻得跟大夥走路去。