Her father was from an educated family. He could speak English and Japanese, and painted in oil and watercolors. He'd often read bedtime stories to her in his clear and resonant voice. He'd read Brothers Grimm fairy tales, The Arabian Nights, and old Chinese stories like those from Water Margin and Journey to the West or about Judge Bao.
出身書香門第、英日文造詣均佳，還擅長油畫和水彩的父親，常以嘹亮、隨情節抑揚頓挫的音調，為他們講床邊故事，從格林童話、天方夜譚到水滸傳裡的武松打虎、西遊記、包公辦案… …。