Born in Kaohsiung, he graduated from National Taiwan University of Arts in 1975 and went to study in Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1978. During this period, he was selected into many major exhibitions. After receiving master's degree from the school in 1983, he returned to Taiwan and has been a professor in Taipei National University of the Arts since then. He has reviewed his own works and fused elements in traditional arts to start the Reform Period. The most significant characters of his paintings from the time are obvious. Instead of translating a subject in details, he prefers free strokes and shuns details; the mean of expression is more important than illustrations.