2. Left ： The opening ceremony of my solo show in
2009 at the Silicon Valley Asian Art Center.
Right ： My photo.
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3. I. Growth Period ， 1942-1969
Brief Resume:
. 1942 ： Born middle Taiwan in a farmer’s family.
•1948 ： Started elementary school education. Everyday took about
two hours back and forth to school because of no transportation
facility at that time.
•1954 ： Went to a business school in Changhua.
•1957 ： Entered Taichung Normal School, a school with no tuition.
•1958 ： First time using brushes to paint ink painting.
•1960 ： Served as an elementary school teacher at the Chungming
Elementary School in Tainchung.
Continued to practice painting and participated in various
exhibitions and won many awards.
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4. * 1963 ： Entered the Foreign Language and Literature
Department of National Taiwan University. In the
following 4 years, other than studying English and
Chinese literature, continued to do painting.
* 1967 ： Graduated from National Taiwan University.
Held a solo show at the University Gallery.
Started one year military service.
* 1968 ： After military service, entered the graduate
school of art history program at the Chinese Culture
University.
* 1970 ： (January-August) Served as a staff at the
National Palace Museum.(May) Graduated from the
Chinese Culture University. Thesis was A Study on the
Mahayana Buddhist Sculpture.
(August) Went to the University of Kansas for PhD
Program.
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5. Painting Creation ：
I got in touch with the art of painting after I entered the
Taichung Normal School. The first year I learned drawing
and watercolor in the regular classes. The second year
(1958) I learned Chinese ink painting, mainly imitating
and studying the ancient styles of landscape painting.
After graduation in 1960, I got a teaching job at the
Chungming Elementary School. As the school is close to
the Normal School, I took opportunities to get Mr. Lu’s
instruction.
After I went to the National Taiwan University in 1963, I
continued my studio work when I had time.
I also participated in exhibitions and got many awards.
Today, a few paintings are still in my collection.
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10. Clear Hymn of River and Ocean, portion. Ink and light color on
paper, whole scroll 17.50“ x 318”, 1969-70.
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11. Clear Hymn of River and Ocean, portion. Ink and light color on
paper, whole scroll 17.50“x318”,1969-70.
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12. II. Challenge Period ，
1970-89
Brief Resume ：
• 1970-73 ： Studied art history at the Kansas University. Held a
solo show in the School Gallery in 1973.
• 1974 ： Took a part-time job, teaching Asian art history at the
Kansas City Art Institute.
• 1975-79 ： Served as an assistant professor at the Kent State
University, Ohio.
• 1979 ： Finished the dissertation The Life and Art of Li Kan and
got PhD. (August) Hired by the Chinese University of Hong Kong
to teach art history. The following 5 years were in this university.
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13. • 1982: Published the book Five Dynasties and Northern Song
Painting.
• 1984 ： Starting from June, there was one year of vacation.
Taking the opportunity, I went to the Princeton University as
a visiting scholar. 。
• 1985 ： (August) Went back to teach at Kent State University,
and continued for the following 4 years. Published The Study
of Western Zhou Bronze Vessels.
• 1989: (August) Hired by San Jose State University, and was an
art history professor here for the following 22 years.
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Painting Creation ：
This period I immigrated to the United States, nine
years later moved to Hong Kong, and then moved
back to the United States five years later. In the
United States I have moved between many states,
either studying or working. Nowhere is not full of
challenges, but this also provided me with
experiences for my life.
As the main duty in the period was research and
teaching, painting was only for leisure time. Most of
the works were in the traditional style, but a few
pieces were experimental in new styles, such as
Surrealistic and Cubist.
15. Autumn Mountains. Ink and light color on paper,148“ x
153”.1970-71. Finished in Lawrence, Kansas.
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27. III. Scholarship Period ， 1990-2004
Brief Resume ：
• 1990-1995: This was the first five years at San Jose State
University. Due to the heavy work in teaching and research,
not much time was for painting but many books were
published.
• 1991 ： Finished the textbook Art of Asia.
• 1992 ： Published Zhongguo Huihua Sixaingshi, and won
the Golden Caldron Award for the Taiwan Government.
• 1993 ： Published The Art of India (Chinese version).
• 1994 ： Finished the textbook East Meets West in Art.
Published A Study on the Song Dynasty Painting
(Chinese version).
•1995 ： Published The Easy Chinese Input Method .
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• 1995: In the fall, served as a visiting professor at
the Tunghai University in Taiwan. There was a six
month vacation.
• 1996 ： Taught at SJSU and served as the
coordinator of the Art History Program. Due to the
heavy work again, there was no time for painting.
• 1998 ： Published A Study on the Yuan Dynasty
Painting (Chinese edition). Visited Japan and
Vietnam in the summer.
• 1999 ： In the fall, quit the Coordinator job and
concentrated on teaching and research.
Published On My Own Painting.
• 2000 ： Published Art of Asia (Chinese version).
• 2001 ： Formed the Chinese American Art
Association.
• 2004 ： Published Zhongguo Huihua Sixaingshi, 2nd
ed.
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Painting Creation ：
When I was a visiting professor at the Tunghai
University in the fall of 1995, I had more time to do
painting and thus created a series of works in new
styles. Later, these paintings have been collected in
the book On My Own Paintings, published in 1999.
After I came back to SJSU in 1996, teaching and
administration work took up most of my time, so
there was no time for painting. 2001, I had a half
year vacation, it gave me time to play with my brush
again. I took the opportunity to visit the National
Taiwan Normal University and held a solo show in
the university gallery.
30. The Yangguan Gate of Great Wall. Ink and color
on paper. 53”x37” ， 1995.
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31. Left: The Ancient Palace Site. Ink and color on paper,
37”x53”.1995. Right: The Tunghai Path. Ink and light color on
paper, 37”x53”. 1995.
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32. Left: The Buddhist Caves. Ink and light color on paper,1995.
Right: Inspiration. Ink and light color on paper. 2003.
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33. An Impression of Hawaii Beach. Ink and color on paper,
collage. 24” x 21” ， 1999.
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34. A Scene of Walu, North Vietnam. Ink and color on paper.
20.5 “x 27.25” ， 1999-2002.
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35. A Scene of Chengde, China. Ink and color on paper. 27”x28” ， Ca.2000.
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36. IV. Art for Fun Period ， 2005--
• Brief Resume ：
• 2005 ： Published A Study on theMing Dynasty Painting
(Chineseversion). Won the“Scholarship Award” presented by
theOverseaChineseAssociation.
• 2006 ： Served asavisiting professor at theYunlin
University, Taiwan, during thespring semester. Won the
award of “Great Scholarship Award” presented by theChinese
Painting Association in Taiwan.
• 2007: (Spring) Taught at SJSU. (Fall) Vacation. September,
thewholefamily took atrip to theAmerican mid-west.
• 2008 ： (Spring) Taught at SJSU. (Fall) Vacation. Took atrip
to Europe(8/27-9/12).Published Antiquity Meets Mo dernism.
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•2009： (Spring) Taught at SJSU. (Fall) Vacation.
(November) Solo show at the Silicon Valley Asian Art
Center.
•2010：(Spring) Taught at SJSU. (Fall) Served asavisiting Professor at theNational Taiwan University of Art.
•2011：(Spring) Taught the last semester at SJSU. (3/6-26)
held a solo exhibit at theMartin Luther King Jr. Library.
(5/29- 6/8) took a trip to Vancouver and Whistler Canada.
(Oct.) served asa visiting professor at theNanchang
University in China, also visited Mr. Lu and Yuyang City.
•2012: (Spring & Fall) served asa visiting professor at the
National Taiwan University of Art. Published theChinese
version of East Meets West in Art.
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• 2013: (1/28) Came back from Taiwan. Finished the
second version of On My Own Painting. Sixteen
pictures of my paintings were collected in the book
Art Salon, published in Beijing, China. (November)
gave a lecture at the Nanhai Art Center.
• 2014 ： (3/25-4/3) Gave a three day workshop in
New Mexico. (4/19-4/29) Gave lectures in Shanghai,
Nanchang, and Hangzhou.
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39. Painting Creation:
In 2005 for the half-retired life, I offered weekend art classes in the
Chinese School and my in-home studio. For teaching, I did some
traditional style painting again. One year later, because I took the
visiting professor position in Taiwan, the class was terminated.
However, this left me with some traditional style paintings.
While I reached the age of 65, my eyes gradually lost the reading
energy, it became hard for me to do research and write long articles.
Therefore, I turned my energy to painting. As there is no pressure, I
have a great freedom to do what I like. My painting therefore has a
great variety, no matter in style, subject, or media. In 2012 I collected
the works for a new book On My Own Painting II, to be published soon.
The paintings collected have been divided into four series: 1)Natural
Scenes—landscapes, flowers, and animals; 2) Human Life; 3) Religious
Philosophy and Stories; 4) Surrealistic and Abstract. The following are a
few examples.
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40. Hugging Clouds and Flowers for a Dream. Ink on paper.
24”x34” ， 2014.
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