Ku Ling often warns his friend and fellow writer Chang Man-chuan not to stick to the traditional concept of looking for a husband who is one step above her: "There's either nobody like that at all, or else they're already married."
苦苓就常警告作家朋友張曼娟，如果她也抱持傳統男高女低的擇偶觀，「對象要不是沒有，就是已經結婚了。」