Not long after the founding of the cultural and historical workshop, Chuang Ming-yi's own mother fell ill with cancer. During the two years of running back and forth between the mountain town and hospitals, Chuang developed a deep understanding of life and death.
成立文史室不久，莊明儀的母親就罹患癌症，其後在山城與醫院間奔波近兩年的期間，讓莊明儀對生死有了一番徹悟。