Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tehching (Sam) Hsieh (born 1950, Nanjhou, Pingtung County, Taiwan) is a noted New York City-based performance artist; he has been called a master by fellow performance artist, Marina Abramovi .Tehching Hsieh dropped out from high school and started creating art in the form of paintings; he went on to create several performance pieces after finishing his three years of compulsory military service in Taiwan. In 1974, Hsieh jumped ship to a pier of the Delaware River, near Philadelphia, and made a living as a dishwasher and cleaner during his first four years in New York. From 1978 1986, Hsieh accomplished five One Year Performances; from 1986 1999, he worked on what he called his "Thirteen-Year Plan". On 1 January 2000, in his report to the public, Tehching Hsieh announced that he has kept himself alive. He stopped making art since then.