With the encouragement of her husband, Tang Ta-tsung, currently editor-in-chief of the publications section of the Mandarin Daily News, Chao decided to conduct further research into children's literature in the University of California.
非常幸運的，她的夫婿﹘ ﹘現任聯合報聯經出版公司總編輯的唐達聰先生，也對兒童文學非常有興趣，在他的鼓勵之下，趙堡辭去了記者工作，遠赴美國加州大學進修有關「兒童文學」的專門知識。