Returning East has brought Hsia back into contact with the other "Outlaws" who used to dominate the Taiwan art scene. Of those, Chen Tao-ming has since given up art and gone into business, Li Yuan-chia passed away in Britain, and Ouyang Wen-yuan doesn't paint any more because of psychological problems.
回首東方，回味過去叱吒畫壇的八大響馬，儘管，陳道明已經轉業經商，李元佳在英國過世，而歐陽文苑則因為精神問題無法創作。