The declaration, which Hsia drafted, shows that the group's objective was to modernize Chinese art by drawing Western artistic concepts and methods into the production of essentially Chinese works. This insistence on the "China" element has been a hallmark of Hsia Yang's art ever since.
由這份夏陽起草的宣言中可以知道，將中國傳統藝術現代化是東方諸子們的理想，而實踐的方法，就是廣納西方的藝術觀念與手法，融入中國內涵的創作裡，這樣對「中國」的堅持，一直是夏陽創作的骨幹。