Chen took his promise seriously, and so in the past 30 and more years has only taken ten apprentices. Only two remain with him today. It is a great comfort to Chen that one of them, Su Chia-yu, is also a two-time winner of the Award for Folk Arts.
陳天陽恪遵先師遺訓，三十幾年來只收了十個徒弟，如今留在身邊的只剩兩個，他的學生蘇嘉裕也已得過兩次民族工藝獎，讓他稍感傳承有望。