Since entering the moveable type profession at the age of 17 in search of a skill with which to make a living, he has seen this line of work flourish and then fade. As he himself has gone from youth to middle age, moveable type hasentered its twilight years, to be replaced by computer printing.
從十七歲時為謀得一技之長進入活版印刷業至今，眼看這行曾經輝煌，轉瞬間，自己由少年而哀樂中年，活版印刷卻走入暮年，由電腦檢排新秀取代。