In those days he was a student majoring in wind instruments at the National College of the Arts. But he loved knocking things together, and, encouraged by his department chairman Shih Wei-liang, he decided to do further study in percussion.
當年他在國立藝專本來主修管樂，也愛敲敲打打，受到系主任史惟亮的鼓勵，決定以打擊樂進一步深造。