When Taiwan was first recovered from Japanese occupation in 1945, Lee put his life savings toward buying a piece of war-ravaged land in Taipei and set up his Hsiung Shih stationery shop to satisfy a love for painting which he had nurtured since childhood.
台灣光復後，二十幾歲的李阿目夫婦，取出所有的積蓄，在台北市太原路買了一塊戰時被炸毀的空地。他們夫妻倆親手拾起廢墟中一塊塊被棄的磚瓦，重新以水泥砌成牆、屋。就這樣蓋起了「雄獅文具店」。