Have sword, will travel Asked if all that difficulty wasn't enough to make a 15- or 16-year-old have second thoughts about devoting himself to swordmaking, Chen replied that parents in those days very much wanted their kids to learn a skill, and were especially happy to see them studying under a master from mainland China.
問起陳天陽，以他當時十五、六歲的年紀，吃這麼多苦，可曾興起退怯的念頭？仗劍出門去陳天陽表示，在他們那個年代，父母都希望孩子能習得一技之長，尤其能學得唐山師父的手藝。