"That night, my mother was performing in a hayfield that had just been cleared through burning. She was playing the role of Hsueh Ting-shan. My parents started to argue quite violently backstage, even coming to blows.
「那天母親在一片剛燒過稻草的農地搭台演出夜戲，飾演薛丁山，父母在後台發生嚴重口角，甚至動手打架，氣急敗壞、一臉濃妝的母親突然跑到我的面前指著我大罵。