Hsu Yueh-li, known to everyone by her nickname Old Auntie, was born in 1912. As a young girl with an extroverted and lively personality Yueh-li began to attend a series of seminars given by the Taiwan Culture Association. Moved by a strong sense of patriotism, she joined the resistance movement against the Japanese occupation.
人稱歐巴桑的許月里，一九一二年出生，個性外向活潑，自小就跟著父親參加「台灣文化協會」舉辦的講習會，日據時代曾投入反日的社會運動，國族意識強烈。