Lin Yuan, who is completely illiterate, was taught the characters for his name by his grandson because "you've got to put your name on your work, don't you?"
林淵老頭說話了：「你們說我傻人雕石頭，嘿嘿，現在也有傻人來買石頭！」滿是得意。大字不認得幾個的林淵，成名之後，由孫子調教，開始會簽名了，因為「總是要在作品上刻個名字吧」！