Being sent off to the theater of battle at just 20 years of age and forced to look death in the face left a deep impression on Chen's views on the value of life.
畢竟，剛滿 20 歲就被迫當兵，遣調到海外征戰沙場，正值茁壯的生命，被迫提早面對死亡，讓陳千武對生命的本質產生最深沉的思索與超乎年齡的洞悉。