Apart from a small minority, most people arrived at the misunderstanding that Chinese flower and bird painting lacks the qualities of observation, only knowing the detailed craftsmanship and polish that harks after the refined brush work of the ancients.
除了少數畫家，花鳥畫在傳統中打轉，一般人遂誤解中國花鳥畫就是缺乏觀察、只知精雕細琢、臨摹古人的工筆畫。