Last of the scholar-artists Wang's son Wang Ta-chih, who heads the history of art department at Chinese Culture University's graduate school of history, remembers that when he was small he really dreaded his dad reciting poetry. Oftentimes the elder Wang ended up blubbering, before wiping away his tears and declaring: "Great poem!"
王壯為兒子、擔任文化大學史學研究所美術史組主任的王大智記得，自己小時候最怕父親吟詩，因為在深切的吟頌之後，父親常會突如其來的嚎啕大哭，孩子驚嚇之餘，他卻擦擦眼淚，暢快地說：「好詩，好詩！」