In Out of the Blue, he was a teaching assistant; in My Favorite Season he was a down-on-his-luck writer of kungfu novels; and in City of Sadness he was an intellectual who felt great compassion for his family and nation.
《小爸爸的天空》裡他最個小助教；《最想念的季節》中，他是落魄的武俠小說家；《悲情城市》裡，他則是個悲憫家國的知識份子。