(2) What is more valuable is the fact that Fan had realized well before in his teaching that in learning art “one should not inherit other people’s technique blindly” and impose one’s style on one’s students. Instead one should elevate students’ aesthetic capability based on the study of tradition and classical poetry so that they would develop in an all-round direction each on their own. This method of teaching is especially beneficial for the artistic development of the students. In the Exhibition of Fan Chang Tien and His Students, we see in the catalogue Fan’s thinking on art education running through several generations of his students in the way that they have their distinctive individual style while being staunchly rooted in tradition. Some of them have evolved their own style on their traditional foundation while others are gradually forming their own style by absorbing elements from foreign cultures. There are yet others who are showing beginnings of styles that appear to be rich, eclectic and unique.