Before he took his graduate school exams, he and two of his friends made a pilgrimage to Taichung's Xingxiu Temple where they swore to the Saintly Emperor Guan to put the welfare of the people ahead of their own wealth and fame.
考研究所前，他和兩位好友特地到台中「醒修宮」向關聖帝君發誓：「要不計名利幫助人民。」令人好奇的是，考研究所為何要到廟裡發誓？