Ma Chuan-chen, a professor to whom he feels highly indebted, had him take dozens of tests, from intelligence and personality, to aptitude and career. The results showed that Lu was nearly mentally handicapped in respect to short-term memory and learning numbers, but he was practically a genius in creative analysis, logical thinking, organization, and artistic creativity.
當時的恩師馬傳鎮教授，極花心思地讓他做了幾十種不同的智力、人格、性向、職業… … 等測驗，分析結果，發現他在有關短暫記憶、數的學習上，接近智力障礙；但有關創造分析、邏輯思維、組合整合、藝術創造方面，他卻有接近天才的表現。