Perhaps as a result of the mental acuity that is an intrinsic province of good writers, Chang Show-foong has always taken pleasure in learning new things. For instance, while she was lecturing in Hong Kong for four and a half months, she took the opportunity to learn Cantonese because she was deeply interested in understanding how Hong Kongers think.
也許是作家與生俱來的敏銳度，張曉風喜歡學新事物，像僅僅只在香港講學 4 個半月，她也隨機學了廣東話，她渴望了解香港人的思維，也的確欣賞香港人的思維。