In 1982 the government passed new legislation protecting those areas or goods deemed to be of cultural significance.
他以為，民藝品較不講年份，應以美感為收藏要素，「像交趾陶，明明所剩無幾，也已留在少數人手中不致變賣，而大家仍然非舊作不買，不肯試著欣賞現代藝人精緻的交趾新作，實在教人不知怎麼做生意才好。」