due to his abilities in pushing hands and demonstrations of his neigong (he used to invite well known boxers to punch him just to show he received the punches unimpressed and relaxed) he became famous in guangzhou, singapore and malaysia, where he established schools with wu jianquan's son, wu gongyi (吴公儀, 1900–1970). he was called “fragrant harbour master” or “master from hong kong”. he died in 1967.