Having personally experienced the artform's rise to glory and fall, he deeply understood the drawbacks of the peripatetic existence of an opera performer, so he wouldn't let his youngest daughter Tang Mei-yun study opera, hoping instead she would concentrate on her schoolwork.
由於他親身經歷風光與落寞，深刻體會歌仔戲演員「十日徙東，十日徙西」、奔波飄蕩的生活，所以不讓么女唐美雲學戲，只希望她專心讀書。