In 1963, he was ordained under Lin Yuan at the Shi Fan Da Jue (“Great Enlightenment”) Chan Monastery in Keelung, Taiwan.

He offered many retreats in Yilan, Hsinchu, and Hong Kong before settling into solitary seclusion at Yangmingshan near Wanli District, New Taipei.

[1] Wei Chueh became known for organizing seven-day Zen retreats and dharma assemblies, as well as his "lively and flexible" preaching style.

Due to the continuing growth of both lay and monastic disciples, he planned to build a larger monastery in Puli in Central Taiwan.

In 2005, the Grand Master appointed his disciple Jian Deng to be the abbot of Chung Tai.