After graduating from elementary school, he returned to Taiwan and tested into the Taiwan Number One High School. Graduating from high school, his passion for art led him to persuade his adoptive father to let him go to Japan once more, where he tested into the Tokyo Fine Arts College with top scores. Yet this student, number one on the entrance exam, graduated with very poor grades.
小學畢業後，回到台灣考進台中一中，畢業後由於對藝術的熱愛，於是說服養父再度到日本，以第一名考入東京美術學校，然而這個第一名的高材生，日後卻以極低劣的成績畢業。