Seven years ago, Teng Jen-kuei moved his whole family to Puli to study under the sculptor Yang Ying-feng. Four years later, he finished his training. Originally he intended to go further south to develop, "but I was held back by the warmth and intensity of my Puli friends," he says.
鄧仁貴七年前為拜雕塑家楊英風習藝而舉家遷徙至此，四年後出師，原想往南部發展，卻「被埔里當地朋友的熱情留下」，他表示，佔地千餘坪的工作室「一元坡」，即靠埔里友人出錢出力完成的。