An expert on Taiwan's freshwater fish, he paid little attention to the ku fish until three or four years ago, when environmental questions began to draw notice in Taiwan and the fish's status as an indigenous species attracted his interest.
他有系統地研究整個台灣島的淡水魚，原先也並未特別鍾情於高身魚，直到三、四年前，環保問題在國內引起重視，高身魚才以特有種的身分引起注意。