He was almost killed by the KMT and then was imprisoned by the Communists for 22 years. Released from prison, as soon as he went overseas he came back to life. He found a place on both Taiwan's and mainland China's black lists, which in his own words is something "very unusual."
他幾乎遭國民黨殺身之禍在先，又投身共產黨的監牢凡二十二年在後；出獄，一到海外，好比程咬金聞到泥土的味道立刻復活過來，旋踵間各種言論出擊，又分別上了台灣和大陸的黑名單，自云「可謂百年難逢之異數」6.。