In an autobiographical book published in 1991, she recalls that her father told her that she was the most ill-behaved child in the family, that she had too many independent ideas, and that he didn't like her.
她在自傳〈留雲借月〉中回憶，父親陳應榮說她是家中最不乖的孩子，說她主意多，不喜歡她。