in 1945, chen houei kuen left xin gao public school after losing his second wife and two children. he moved to taichung first girls high school and assigned to be the head of academic affairs at taichuang city high school. after one year, chen's “appreciation” was on display at the first provincial art exhibition and won the academic and industrial award. after that, chen was assigned as a lecture in the department of fine arts at provincial normal college in 1947. also, his eastern gouache work “aboriginals in taiwan” won the chairman award in the second year of the provincial art exhibition. his artworks became more famous and chen was promoted to an associate professor in 1948. at the same year, chen had three paintings on display in the third year of provincial art exhibition such as “tamshui scenery”, “research room for ancient art history” and “stroll in freedom”. after this exhibition, he became one of the member of the juror committee at the art exhibition for after years.