He portrayed himself as a monk to show he was above the pettiness of the world and to reaffirm his own high appraisal of himself, "says Hsiao Chiung-jui, making an educated guess about Liu's intentions based on an understanding of his life and character.
把自己畫成一名僧人，那是一種『遺世獨立，孤高自賞』的自我肯定」，由劉錦堂的生平與性格，蕭瓊瑞推測畫作背後可能的隱託。完全「現」出自己