He still remembers that there was one gifted History professor who could read 500 pages an hour and moreover covered both China and the West as well as Antiquity and Modernity in his research. It was "exhausting" for students who tried to keep up with him.
他還記得，有位天縱英才型的歷史系教授，一小時可念書五百頁，而且研究領域橫跨中西，縱貫古今，但是跟著他學的學生「可累了」。