He was Taiwan's first student to enter the Tokyo Fine Arts College with top-place exam scores. But because he opposed the established styles of the official exhibitions and the commercial vulgarization of art, he refused to sell any of his paintings or to participate in the orthodox official exhibitions.
雖然，他是以榜首之姿考進東京美術學校的首位台灣畫家，然而在反對官展既定風格的比賽模式及反對藝術商業庸俗化之下，他一生拒絕參加任何官辦權威展，堅持不賣畫。