He spent his childhood on the seashore near Lotung in Ilan County, and not surprisingly, this is where he picked up his initial interest in shells.
他在童年的時候，就開始收集貝殼。那時他住在宜蘭的羅東鎮。他看到外祖父有一個孔雀鮑魚殼，非常漂亮，引起他到海邊撿拾貝殼的興趣。