Not too many years after Professor Hsu's death, his friend Fang Tung-mei also passed away. A noted philosopher, Fang took Hsu by the hands as he lay in his hospital bed and said, "Lindy, I haven't been able to keep my promise to your father. You've got to keep working hard. You can't let up!"
不出幾年，名重士林的台大哲學家方東美教授去世，病榻中還用力拽著徐令儀的手，說：「令儀，我還沒達成妳老太爺交給我的責任，妳要繼續努力，妳不能放棄！」