"My grandfather's dislike of the Japanese cost my father the chance to study in Japan, so he wasn't able to make the most of his abilities, but he was still a very well educated man. The really unfortunate ones," sighs Ku, "were in my generation. We never even had a chance to get a proper education."
「說起來，我父親雖然因為祖父的意識型態而被埋沒，失去了赴日留學的機會，但總算是一個飽讀詩書的知識份子」，古德福感慨，「最可憐的是我們這一代，連好好讀書的機會都沒有。」