This free-spirited and satirical artist used his ghost paintings to criticize contemporary society. His "Hundred Tricks of the Ghosts," depicting a riotous ghostly banquet, is a forceful indictment of the wasteful extravagance of the rich.
「鬼百戲圖」中以勁利的筆畫，描繪鍾馗夫婦對飲及大小鬼數十合樂呈伎倆的熱鬧場面，造形詭形殊狀，醜怪奇倔，意在諷刺豪門奢侈。顯示中國人自古即把繪畫視為社會教育的工具，強調鑑戒功能，竟也有「以鬼寓人」的作用。