At the age of eighteen she began working at the Kuantu factory of the Formosa Plastics Corporation. Unfortunately, not long after, she lost her right hand in an industrial accident. Besides collecting NT $ 80,000 (about US $ 3,200) from labor insurance, she also received a promise: "We will keep you employed at the Kuantu factory until the factory goes under."
十八歲起進入台塑企業關渡廠工作，不幸的，進廠不久，就因工作意外而失去右手，當時除了勞保給付八萬元外，還得到一個承諾：「關渡廠可以讓你做到倒！」