His close friend, Mr. L, once published an article about his trip with Shiy De-jinn in the "Taiwan Daily." Mr. L wrote, "I remember one year I accompanied him to do some painting in Pu-li, Nantou. We were driving through a rural area when he glimpsed a beautiful scene. He suddenly called out in a loud voice to pull the car over. He then picked up his materials and rushed to the bank at the roadside, where he immediately disappeared. I pulled over and looked for him for a long time until, finally, I found him

underneath the boughs of some horsetail trees. As soon as he saw me, he began barking out orders like some drill sergeant, pointing me to various tasks like changing the brush water or holding the drawing board. He then plunged into painting the scene in front of him. About ten minutes later, after a flurry of brush strokes, he set down his brush and explained why he was in such a hurry just then: 'Look how beautiful it is! The scene was constantly changing with the blowing of the wind and the movements of the clouds. If I fail to capture this, I cannot paint anything good!' To capture that wonderful moment, he had to work quickly and finish it right then and there."