Then, the year after its founding, Master Hsu passed away and Taiwan's Kun Opera world was silenced for a time. When cross-strait relations began to thaw, however, it brought a ray of hope.
然而水磨曲集成立的隔年，徐老師就撒手人寰，崑曲界也沈寂一時，直到兩岸關係逐漸解凍，又帶來一絲生機。