An intellectual home and open-minded parents In 1912 Wu Chien-hsiung was born in Liuhe Township of Taicang County near Shanghai and excelled in school from an early age. Whether in elementary school, junior high school and high school or the summer session of a private prep school, she often received perfect marks for Chinese and English and she was a good writer.
一九一二年，吳健雄誕生在上海市附近的太倉縣瀏河鎮。早慧好學的她，無論是念小學、中學，或為念大學預作準備的上海私立中國公學暑期班，國文英文常考滿分，文筆也好。