Despite the harshness of the situation, he was still able to continue his studies, as the copy work exposed him to many of the Chinese classics.
日夜不斷抄書、刻字的生活壓力，養成他較常人沉靜的個性。這段期間，他有機會抄讀不少難得一見的好書，無論學識、筆力都奠下深厚的基礎。