Chen taught his students by stimulating and inspiring them in an informal and free atmosphere, which happened to coincide with Lu's preference for learning by means of slow and independent exploration.
他也是國內指揮人才的重要推手，除呂紹嘉外，國家交響樂團前音樂總監簡文彬也曾是他的學生。陳秋盛善於啟發、自由且不拘形式的教學方式，恰與喜歡自己慢慢鑽研的呂紹嘉不謀而合。