Despite his special fondness for the garden, he actually spent more of his time away from home involved with exhibitions and such during his 20 years there (from 1953 to 1973, when he immigrated to the United States) --except for a time after France established diplomatic relations with Communist China (his main overseas market was Europe), when he stayed holed up at home and didn't care to travel about much.
儘管對八德園有特殊感情，但事實上，從一九五三年建園伊始，到一九七三年正式移居美國，這廿年間，除了大陸文革爆發、接著法國與中共建交（大師畫作的海外市場以歐洲為主），大師蟄居園中，不願多出遊外，其他的日子，他總是為畫展在外奔波的時候多，留在園中的時候少。