Conveying an imaginary world Apart from teaching the basic moves, to train her in facial expressiveness her father would light candles and have her stare at the flames. They would also take trips to Kuantu in Taipei County to look at birds. As her pupils followed the birds 'movements, her eyes grew more animated-- "showing in her gaze the solidity of mountains, the flow of the water."
除了基本功，父親為了訓練她雙眼的「定力」，點起蠟燭，要她瞪眼專注燭火，還常帶她到台北關渡一帶看鳥，眼珠隨飛鳥轉動，讓眼神靈巧有神采，也就是舞台上的「看山如山在，看水如水流」。