Chiang Hsun, an art scholar, has written that the use of cun and dian diligently reproduce natural forms, both for the overall structure of a landscape and for smaller details like the texture of the soil or a mountainside's exposed rock.
美術學者蔣勳曾為文表示，皴和點是中國畫家，努力於寫生、觀察中模仿自然，包括山川的大結構或是小處的土壤質地、山石肌理。