"It was always everyday words because we all already knew how to speak; we just couldn't read the characters. After his students had acquired enough vocabulary, Qi would have them write what they wanted to say. Three to five sentences made a short essay. A little more and you had a letter."
「一定是常用字，因為我們都是先會說話，只是還不認得這些字，累積足夠字彙後，再讓他們把想講的話寫下來，三、五個句子就是短文，長了就成一封信，」張思中說，不少解放軍一輩子不識字，後來竟然可以寫信給家人，祁建華因此榮獲特等功。