Chen Chiung-ju has worked in the field of ceramics for over two decades, employing a design style that tends toward a simple, clean look. The central thrust of her work—simplicity over complexity—is also symbolic of her approach to people: the ultimate in purity, refinement, simplicity, and beauty. To pursue the ultimate in making her ceramic works unique among her fellow artists, Chen pursues a cross-disciplinary fusion that incorporates exotic materials uncommon in pottery to create novel and unprecedented works.
Wang Shi-lang’s works, building on his anarchic tendencies, were rife with critique of realism as a style, and he used his short fiction to depict the stories of social activists, laborers, bank tellers, prostitutes, and other such people. Combining his personal experience and the times in which he lived, his writings reflected the reality of society and the sometimes brutal repression of social movements. After the war, he branched out into children’s literature, folk stories, Taiwanese folk culture, and the people and history of Taiwan. His writings on children’s literature have proven a tremendous contribution to the study of Japanese-era history and folk culture, earning him the sobriquet "Taiwan’s Hans Christian Andersen."