When he was 60 he began to study calligraphy. Because he often went on sightseeing trips to mainland China, every place he went they would always ask him to write something. When he went to the ancient home of Jin-dynasty calligraphy master Wang Xizhi, he was also asked to write some calligraphy. He felt like an amateur performing for an expert, but it also incited him to begin practicing calligraphy.
六十歲時開始練書法，他自謙「寫得很差」，因為常去大陸參觀，每到一處總要他寫字，到晉朝書法家王羲之的故居也要他題字，他自覺是班門弄斧，但也激勵他開始練書法。