He bought it and became fascinated with dZi beads, and has since published the first Chinese-language book about them.
遺憾的是，截至目前，西方的考證所獲並不多，天珠的身世依然成謎。一九九○年初因赴美留學而意外在加州古董市場和天珠結緣的張宏實，雖然本行是電機，卻因醉心天珠收藏而出了國內第一本天珠專書。