At that time, Chin Cheng-te was a fourth-year student in the Department of Fine Arts at Chinese Culture University (CCU). Because of long-term creative conflicts with the department chair, Chin was expelled from the college just as he was about to graduate.
當年就讀於文化大學美術系四年級的秦政德，由於與系主任創作理念長期不合，在畢業前夕遭到退學。