[2] His uncle was the painter Huang Shaomei, who he studied under.
[2] In 1926, he helped found the Guangdong Association for the Study of Chinese Paintings's Hong Kong branch with Pan Dawei and Deng Erya.
[3]: 191 In 1956, he was a founding member of the Bingshen Art Club alongside artists like Chao Shao-an, Yang Shanshen, and Li Yanshan.
[1]: 231 He was friends with Chang Dai-chien and Huang Binhong, which helped connect Hong Kong painters with the prominent Chinese artists of the time.
[3]: 191 He finally settled in Hong Kong in 1968,[2] and died later that year at the height of his artistic career.