Yang San-lang's perseverance is visible in his effort to overcome a physical handicap. One of his fingers rendered useless in a childhood accident, the artist copes by binding two of the fingers of his right hand together when he paints.
社會上繪畫風氣不盛，少有畫家，僅有的少數，不是旅台的日本人，就是像板橋林家西齋來自大陸的國畫家，再就是不受上等社會尊重的廟宇畫匠。