Wang Ch'iu-kuei, a professor at the Institute of Literature, Tsing Hua University, who studied sinology at Cambridge with Professor Piet van der Loon, recalls the experience vividly: Eight o'clock sharp each Wednesday evening was the moment the ordeal began.
對大部分的劍橋人來說，「導生會」都是可怕的夢魘。曾受教於英國漢學家龍彼得的清大文學研究所教授王秋桂，對此就曾有深刻體驗。「每一個禮拜三晚上八點整，就是考驗開始的時刻。」