After leaving the military, Wang Hsi-kun respected his father's wishes by entering the business administration program in the night school of Tamkang University. By day, he kept himself busy in the family shop.
退伍後，王錫坤遵從父親遺願，考取當時的淡江文理學院工商管理系夜間部，白天就在店裡幫忙雜務，直到大學畢業前，舅舅