His mother, Lin Hsiao, who teaches nursing at National Yang Ming Medical College, doesn't think she and his father gave him any special training. They just looked after his needs, and his precocious academic achievements all came about naturally. From a tender age, Shan Chung-chieh liked to listen to his father explain math to his older brother and sister.
他的媽媽，任教於陽明醫學院護理系的林笑女士，認為父母並沒有給他特殊的訓練，只是全力照顧他的起居；而他超齡成就的學業成績，全是「順便」學來的。