In the congratulatory essay that Pa Hsin-cheng's eldest son Pa Chung wrote for his grandmother on her 100th birthday, he mentioned that when the four siblings were small they often saw their father burst into tears at big meals when his thoughts turned to his own parents.
他的長子巴中在替奶奶祝賀百歲壽誕的文章裡，提到小時候兄弟姊妹四人常看到父親在飯桌上，面對著滿桌菜餚思親流淚、難以下箸的情景。