By 2000 seven decades had passed, and the friend who bought Lotus Pond had already passed away. The painting was in the hands of his grandchildren, who were willing to sell it to the Taiwan Museum of Art for NT $ 18 million.
民國八十九年，藏有這一幅《蓮池》的友人早已過世，畫作傳到第三代手中，希望以一千八百萬元出售，然而當時的國立台灣美術館卻只有一千五百萬預算收藏這一張經典之作。