Although her family was involved in literature and art, her father was branded as a rightist during the anti-rightist campaign of 1957, and was expelled from both the Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army. After the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, the writings of her mother were criticized for being too sentimental and romantic.
雖然生在文藝家庭，然而父親在一九五七年的反右運動中，被劃為右派而遭到開除黨籍、軍籍「雙開」處分，母親則在一九六六年開始的文化大革命裡，因為作品溫情浪漫而遭批判。