It was only when she sat down to write that she realized all the problems she still had. For example, women's earrings during the period, the rations provided by the colonial government, the education system, adoption practices, houses of prostitution--though she had gathered a lot of data, she got caught up by many tiny details.
然而當真正動筆，才發現困難重重，單是女子的耳飾、日治時的配給、學制問題、養女制度、查某間（妓女戶）… …，資料雖已蒐集多時，卻常被極小的細節所困擾，只好寫寫停停、問問查查。