He thought about it--intellectually he wasn't any better than the next guy, and he wasn't of overpowering physical strength. And so, not wanting to leave his hometown, he took the advice of his. parents and sat the civil service exam. At 22 he began work as Hsiyu's household registry examiner.
想想自己比知識不如人，比力氣也拼不過別人，在不想離開家鄉的心情下，就聽從父親的建議參加公家考試，在廿二歲那年當上西嶼鄉的戶籍調查員，一當就是十五年。