It was eventually issued in the Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News after she moved with the Government of the Republic of China to Taiwan in 1949.
民國三十八年，琦君來到台灣，看到當時台灣報紙副刊愈辦愈好，她就把多年前寫的那篇「金盒子」整理一下，寄給新生報副刊，一投即中。