"He had a powerful sense of mission, and was a perfectionist. He demanded a lot of himself, and of his team," Chen Chiu says. Because of his stubborn idealism, and the difficulties the HSR encountered during its construction, his workload grew heavier, causing his health to deteriorate.
「他有強烈的使命感，做事又求完美，嚴以律己，對團隊品質要求也很高，」陳麗瑛說，就因為這種執著理想的個性，加上高鐵興建過程風雨不斷，歷經波折，他的工作負荷加重，造成身體健康惡化。