Over the past several years, Wu Poh-hsiung, the vice chairman of the KMT, has been delving into the study of Buddhism and the Diamond Sutra. While admitting that there are many off-putting and confounding aspects to the current political scene, Wu is running around working hard on KMT campaigns because he feels it is his duty "as a 40-year party veteran."
近幾年潛心佛法，對《金剛經》深有體悟的國民黨副主席吳伯雄，自承現在的政治有太多地方令人寒心不解，而如今他為選戰到處跑，只是在「盡一個四十多年老黨員的道義感情責任」。