More than 50 "children": Mother Chen was adopted when she was very young. At the age of seven she had to look after Japanese children to make a living, so she could not study. It was only when she got to the age of 50 that she learned to read by chanting sutras, and she deeply understands how bitter it is to have not been able to study.
陳綢師父自小為人養女，七歲即為負擔家計替日本人帶孩子而失學，直至五十歲才由誦經學習識字，因此深深體會失學之苦。