With his daughter nearing 40, Professor Hsu was concerned that her unfinished studies would be interrupted if she had to go into a long, drawn-out death watch for his sake. And he was already psychologically prepared for death anyway.
當時徐令儀已年近四十，徐老先生怕自己倘若一身病痛，會耽誤女兒尚未成就的大事業。