"Actually, to this day, most carvers of jade have been professional artisans," says C.K. Yen, putting the historical limitations of jade works into a nutshell. A long-time collector of jade works and a board member of the Taiwan Gem Association, Yen is credited with "discovering" Huang Fu-shou.
「玉的雕刻家大都是行伍出身，」收藏台灣玉多年、可以說是「發掘」黃福壽的台灣珠寶工會理事嚴建國一語道破這一行的限制。