When Hsu was promoted to the post of section chief of the personnel office of the Taiwan Provincial Government, he married his classmate, the former Liu Chin-sheng.
後來徐部長升任人事處股長，也和同學劉勤生女士結了婚，家庭負擔相當重，但他卻決定繼續讀書，而徐夫人同意全力支持他。