Even Yuan Mei, a nonconformist writer of the Ching dynasty (1644-1911), held with the popular view when he wrote a comment on a painting by Lo P'in that says, "Women must be painted beautiful; otherwise people aren't moved.
連清代才子袁枚在畫鬼名家羅聘畫上題的跋都清楚地指出：「畫女必須美，不美情不生；畫鬼必須醜，不醜人不驚。」