其父遭毛泽东清洗后，他在1966-1976年的文化大革命爆发前就开始到乡下工作，并因此亲身体验到与他同代的很多人都曾经体验过的艰辛。
After his father was purged by Mao Zedong, he went to work in the countryside, even before the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, experiencing firsthand all of the hardships that many of his generation endured.