Chen arranged for Ho to travel in secret to the United States, where he attended Harvard University, receiving an M.A.
Ho and his wife Wai-ching organized the 1992 exhibition Century of Tung Ch'i-ch'ang, 1555-1636.
[1][2] In 1950, Chen arranged for Ho to travel to the United States in secret to study art history.
Ho identified a painting belonging to the 10th-century master Juran by matching an inventory seal to one used by the Song dynasty government.
[5][6] While at Nelson-Atkins, he organized the 1992 exhibition Century of Tung Ch'i-ch'ang, 1555-1636, dedicated to the late Ming artist Dong Qichang.
His wife, Wai-ching Ho, served as the exhibition's executive coordinator and editor of the proceedings.
He fell gravely ill from the complications of diabetes while visiting Shanghai in November 2004, and died there on 28 December.