That he could return to his homeland was naturally some consolation to him in his final years, but it is still a pity that Eight Virtues Garden lost its owner and was expropriated so soon. The remaining rocks and trees were sold or stolen; the gibbons and other rare animals were sent to the Sao Paolo zoo; and Great Wind Hall was left ankle deep in exquisite Chinese paper and scrolls.
落葉歸根，固然堪慰大師晚年，只可憐八德園失了主人後，不久即被徵收，殘存的花木奇石被盜的盜、賣的賣；猿猴、珍禽也被送往聖保羅動物園；而大風堂，精緻的各色綾邊、織錦、宣紙、棉紙及畫軸棄置於地，深及足踝。