Yang Kuiyi was born in a scholarly family. He was eager to learn since childhood and was good at calligraphy. He was especially good at seal characters. When he was young, his wife, Ling, would often lay out paper and grind ink, and make stickers by himself. During his visit to Japan, he wrote a large number of books on the screens and nave and presented them to celebrities in the Japanese military, political, business and academic circles. He once wrote "Records of Great Events in Kui", which was later lost. He loves antiques, flowers and trees, famous people's calligraphy and paintings, epigraphy and stone seals, and he once bought a piece of calligraphy and painting with a huge sum of money. Antiques, flowers and trees, paintings and calligraphy by famous people, gold and stone seals... No expense was spared in searching for them. He likes to wear suits and listen to Peking opera every day. He is not addicted to tobacco and alcohol. He is proud of his talents and prides himself on being noble.