We all started boarding school at age twelve and then went on to university in Taipei. As we got older, we went back home less and less. "Their studies ended up weakening their ties to their hometown, notes Tsung-sheng wistfully.
從十二歲開始，住校六年，接著上台北念大學，隨著年歲漸增，回家的次數更少了」，力求進取的結果是背離了緊密相連、安土重遷的家族傳統，吳宗昇難掩遺憾。