"Many collectors have a system in what they collect, such as by specializing in Tingyao porcelain or the Ming furniture of Shanxi." People without an academic interest or great financial resources can at least collect a few pieces of Ming or Ching furniture. But without logic behind one's acquisitions, collecting furniture will be no different than buying a piece of land.
很多收藏家，東西都很有系統，譬如專門收藏定窯的瓷器或專門收藏山西的明式傢具」，劉良佑建議，一般人如果沒有那麼大的學術興趣及財力，至少可以只收明代或清代的幾件傢具，不要雜而無章，買件傢具像買塊地一樣沒有差別。