The two corresponded by mail, Ma sending his compositions to Ch'en who then corrected them. His tenacity was rewarded with acceptance into the school.
蕭而化教授認為，藝術的道理都是相通的，文學中的論說文好比是音樂裡的奏鳴曲，小說就像是交響樂，散文則是小品曲。