Since childhood, he has enjoyed painting, and even before he could handle chopsticks, he would hide in the woodshed and paint. Then he would come home, covered with ink, to face a scolding.
由於自小孤僻，整天端把小椅子坐在長廊下不出一語，頗有癡相，又在家中排行老二，便一直被喚作「二呆子」。