But although Chu was out of the limelight he was far from idle, and with some students led a life in the style of a traditional Chinese academy, variously staying in Hsintien in Taipei County, at the foot of Mt.
耄耋白髮，朱邦復頗有孔子「道不行，乘浮桴於海」的感嘆，在工作上，他退而不休，帶著學生過著書院式的生活，足跡踏過台北新店、台東都蘭山麓、桃園楊梅。