After commencing university at the age of 18, she met fellow philosophy student Cheng Nan-jung. Her family's eldest girl, she disregarded her father's objections and insisted on marrying Cheng.
十八歲考上大學後她認識同校哲學系的鄭南榕，身為家中長女，卻不顧父親反對，執意和鄭南榕結婚。