The article which she wrote under his guidance, entitled "The Golden Box," was not published because of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war, however.
畢業後，恰逢中日戰爭。亂離中，琦君更是壓根兒也沒想到要寫作。只有一次，她聽從恩師的鼓勵，試為了篇「金盒子」的文章，但也只寄給夏老師看看，就把它在箱底壓了四、五年。