To accomplish this he gave up his position at the school. In the spring of 1936 he went to Soochow to gather Taoist music. He observed the Taoist priests hold services for pacifying the ghosts in the T'ien Hou Temple, and listened to the Taoist priests perform the ancient songs.
為此，他辭去了音專教務主任的職務，一九三六年春天專程去蘇州蒐集道教音樂，在天后宮親自觀看道士打醮，聆聽道士演奏古老樂曲。