The most famous example is the inscription to a painting of vegetables by Huang Shan-ku of the Sung dynasty (960 to 1279): "Officials and scholars must not be unacquainted with their flavor; the common people of the empire must not be made to have their look."
「民有菜色」也就成為為政者的警語；最有名的例子，如宋代黃山谷題畫菜：「不可使士大夫不知此味，不可使天下之民有此色。」