Although her father Wu A-tsai was a businessman, he was also a firm believer in the traditional code of behavior and ethics. He had a total of nine children and inflicted corporal punishment for any behavior that displeased him.
父親吳阿才雖是商人，但極重視倫理道德，育有九名子女，孩子若行為偏差，會遭到嚴厲體罰。