Chen Chu says that she spent almost five years of her incarceration in the same prison as new vice-president Annette Lu. "She studied philosophy, while I assiduously read [the Song dynasty historiographical work] The Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government."
陳菊說，她和副總統呂秀蓮共同坐牢近五年，「她深研哲學，我則苦讀《資治通鑑》。」