In his early years he first came to prominence as a black horse in the late period of the Tokyo school, and shortly thereafter established a print association with the likes of Wu Hao and Chu Wei-pai. From that point on prints thrived in Taiwan, becoming an important school of modern art.
他早年即以東方畫派末期的黑馬之姿出線，不久與吳昊、朱為白等創版畫協會，台灣的版畫也自其時興起，成為重要畫派之一。