In his third year at Soochow University, where he was double-majoring in law and political science, Hsieh found himself constantly struggling with his direction. He promised himself that once he finished his degrees, he would turn to his true love-literature.
在東吳大學雙修法律與政治的他，從大三起，心裡就不斷掙扎著：「大學畢業後，我要往自己喜愛的文學發展！」