In 1976, when he was 78, in view of his many friends on the island and rumors that the U.S. was going to recognize the mainland, he decided to move to Taiwan. He had a residence built at Waishuang Hsi, 1 / 240th the size of Eight Virtues Garden, as a home for his old age.
一九七六年，高齡七十八的大千先生鑑於知交好友都在台灣，而當時美國與中共建交的傳聞甚囂塵上，於是他又決定回台定居，在外雙溪建了佔地六百坪（相當於八德園面積二百四十分之一）的「摩耶精舍」，作為終老之處。