The long passage of text in classical Chinese may leave other people scratching their heads, but Wang Kuo-tsai is able to glean many useful pieces of information from it. Among the materials used to make the paper, for example, the flour-and-water paste is used as a substrate to which the color is applied; the flour thickens the water, making it easier to control the spread of the pigments.
這整大段文字，別人看起來是「霧煞煞」，王國財卻看出許多奧妙──在製作材料方面，水及敗麵糊是佈彩於上的介質，水中加入敗麵糊可使液體濃稠，如此色料的擴散規律較易掌握。