Holding an affinity for the classics since she was a child, Hsiao heard Wang Tsai-kuei lecture in Taichung three years ago about teaching children to recite the classics. Feeling that they shared ideals, when Hsiao returned to the Pescadores, she started putting on classes at her home and then began promoting the cause wherever and whenever she could.
她說自己從小就覺得跟四書五經很親，三年前在台中聽到王財貴講兒童讀經，覺得彼此的理念不謀而合，於是她回澎湖後，先在家裡開讀經班，然後穿針引線到處鼓吹。