He said that he was certainly as hard-working as a water buffalo all his life. He began to draw cartoons when he was 12. It was a bad year, but a good year as well. Japan attacked China, and the government called on all citizens to contribute what they could to the resistance effort.
牛哥十二歲開始學畫漫畫，那是不幸的一年，也是他幸運的開始；日寇侵華，抗戰軍興，蔣委員長號召全民抗戰，不分男女老少，有錢出錢，有力出力。