One person would decide the theme of the painting, then each person would infuse the work with their particular specialty. For instance, Yeh Kung-chao excelled at portraying bamboo, Huang Chun-pi at stones, and Chen Tzu-he at pine trees. "Those men of letters possessed such breadth of spirit. Even though they had all attained greatness, they were able to cast aside their egos and create magnificent artworks together.
由一個人決定主題，然後分別依著每個人的專長，例如葉公超畫竹，黃君璧畫石，陳子和畫松，彼此切磋長進，「過去的文人胸襟壯闊，即使是大家，也能放下身段，合繪巨畫，今天這樣的合作畫已經很少見了，」陸炳文感嘆。