At age nine she began learning to paint and write poetry, and even though these were only a sideline to her regular studies, she nevertheless learned them under the tutelage of the best university professors of the day.
九歲開始習畫賦詩，雖是課餘消遣，也同樣由教授級的鴻儒碩彥從旁指導。終其一生，徐令儀沒上過一天學。