Leaving behind the crowded and narrow streets of the Wanhua district of Taipei for the warm and friendly people of the countryside, Cheng was struck with the sense of having "discovered the value of life." He has been there for about ten years now. He has long thought of himself as a Kuanyin resident, and he tells his children that "we are Kuanyin-ites."
從龍蛇雜處的台北萬華，來到人情味濃厚的鄉下，鄭秋玄說自己有一種「找到人的價值」的感覺，因此一住十年，鄭秋玄早把自己當成觀音人，他告訴分別就讀國二、小六的兒女：「我們是觀音人！」