After returning to China, he made these realist techniques the basis of contemporary Chinese academic tradition. Later, due to political influence, art academies put all their effort into studying Soviet Realism, and finally developed what today in mainland China is called Chinese Realism.
他回國後把這些寫實技法變成中國近代的學院傳統，後來加上政治的影響，學院又全力引進蘇聯的寫實主義，最後構成今天中國大陸所謂的中國寫實主義。