Then my 62-year-old father acted decisively. After disposing of all the family assets, Father led my second and third brothers 'families and all our relations, friends and neighbors away. They abandoned their homes and took to the sea, and the boat they rode in was the Hai Hong.
六十二歲的家父當機立斷，散盡家產率領我二弟及三弟兩家以及親族友好鄰里傾巢而出：拋鄉棄家奔向怒海，所乘的便是上述的海鴻號。