but sometimes fixing an old shirt is much more trouble than buying a new one. Likewise, rebuilding the ku-ts'o took maybe six or seven times the effort of building a house from scratch. "
他說：「補一件舊衣服，有時候比重做一件新的還要麻煩；而遷建這樣一座一百年以上的古厝，更比蓋一棟新房子要多費五、六倍的工夫。」