While at Taichung First High School he went to Tokyo with some schoolmates, where he heard a violin recital at Hibiya Auditorium. This opened his eyes to the beauty of music and he decided to study this thing "fit only for heaven."
念台中一中時，他跟同學到東京旅行，在日比谷公會堂聆聽了一場小提琴演奏會，使他體會到了音樂的美好，從此下定決心要學習這種「只應天上有」的東西。