In 1974on a visit to NTU's Highland Experimental Farm at Meifeng in Nantou County, looking up one day while out in the forest he was surprised to see cane after cane of mihoutao hanging from the trees. He was overjoyed, and after discussions with the then farm director Kang You-te and Department of Horticulture chairman Ma Suhsuan, he decided to begin researching how to propagate the plants.
六十三年，他到台大山地梅峰農場，在樹林中一抬眼，竟然看到一串串獼猴桃掛在枝上，開心極了，便與當時農場場長康有德、園藝系主任馬溯軒等人商議，決定從事繁殖研究。