Chi Pai-shih's paintings--all sold In 1937, the 43-year-old Liu Chin-tang was struck down in his prime by a mortal illness, leaving a widow and five children in mainland China. One can only imagine the hardships they suffered during the War of Resistance against Japan and the civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists, especially given Liu's Taiwanese status.
民國廿六年，四十三歲的劉錦堂在壯年急病驟逝，留下妻子與五個未成年的稚子在大陸上，面臨緊接著的對日抗戰、國共抗爭，加上劉錦堂的台灣身分，日子的艱難可以想像。