In teachers 'college he majored in art, and after graduation in 1953 he returned to his hometown, where he has been teaching at Wenkai Elementary School ever since.
求學期間先後念過新竹師專與台中師專，他選擇「美術」做為專任講授科目。民國四十二年他畢業之後，回到家鄉小鎮上，在文開國小教書迄今。