The charismatic Hsiao's talent was flowering, as he bounded back and forth between teaching, performance, and composition. He had married a girl who typified Taiwan's gentry class.
當時的蕭泰然，優遊於教學、演奏和作曲中，才華洋溢、風采翩翩、又娶了望族名媛，正是典型台灣仕紳的代表。