In fact the foreign collectors in Beijing in those days directly or indirectly influenced a number of Chinese, among them Wang Shixiang. Wang got to know Ecke and others when he was still a student, and he would often go to their homes to look at the furniture. He was very interested in the way the pieces were constructed, and began to collect Ming furniture himself.
話說回來，當年的那批北京僑民曾經直接或間接的影響了一群中國人，王世襄就是其中之一，當年他與艾克等人結識時還是學生，常上他們家去看傢具，對營造法式很感興趣，也開始收藏明式傢具。