While in his second year at the Taipei School of Commerce, he met a teacher who would influence his creative process, Chou Liang-fu: "Mr. Chou taught Hu Shih's study method of using the mouth, the eyes, the heart, and also the hands.
就讀台北商業職業學校二年級時，遇上影響他日後創作的周良輔老師，「周老師教導胡適的讀書方法：口到、眼到、心到、還要手到，手到就是查字典。