"Character Album" Qing Wang Shuyu Ink and pencil on paper 19 cm width 26 cm in the collection of the Shanghai Museum
This volume is a masterpiece of Wang Shuyu's character sketches, poetry and painting blending, simple and simple. Each painting depicts one or two people, slightly exaggerated and deformed, but dynamic and vivid, and the appearance is vivid. The small scene next to the characters is also outlined with only a few strokes, which is simple but not ugly, giving people a long feeling of evocative taste. In this volume, a painting on the theme of riding a donkey and leisurely travel, the poem occupies most of the area, entitled: "Twenty years of remembrance to Chang'an, across the street embankment like a dream, learn to paint to add good scenery, wicker white hair hanging spring wind." "As soon as the poem is added, it immediately adds to the meaning of the picture, and Chinese painters often have poems, books, and paintings, and the reason is that these three are inseparable in painting."