He had to bury his fear and put on a sincere smile and chat with the prisoners, exhorting them that "pain and anger are temporary, just as happiness is, so why not just choose to be happy?" He also suggested to the authorities that the prisoners take lessons in the four ancient meditative writing techniques, so that they could vent their emotions and find some kind of inner calm.
他一方面壓抑自己內心的恐懼，一方面以最誠懇的態度、親切的笑容和他們談話，勸告他們，「傷心、生氣是一天，快快樂樂也是一天，為何不選擇快樂呢？」他建議收容人學習古人的四種書寫方法以抒發心境。