《明史·列传·卷一百七十三》
他常说天下将会大乱，便带着妻子儿女隐居于九里山中，屋前舍后种梅树千株，桃杏各五百株，自号 梅花屋主 。他工于画梅，求画的人日月不断。他自己也靠做画换米度日。
既归，每大言天下将乱，携妻孥隐九里山，树梅千株，桃杏半之，自号梅花屋主，善画梅，求者踵至，以幅长短为得米之差。
He often said that the world would be in great chaos, so he took his wife and children to live in seclusion in the Jiuli Mountains, where he planted thousands of plum trees in front and behind his house, and 500 peach and apricot trees each, calling himself "Master of the Plum Blossom House". He was skilled in painting plum blossoms, and there was a constant stream of people asking him for paintings. He also relied on painting to earn rice for his daily life.