For example, in a 66-volume imperial compendium of picture topics through the ages, ghost paintings are contained in just one volume and most are pictures of Chung K'uei, the Chinese "ghostbuster."
以清康熙皇帝敕修的「歷代題畫詩」為例，在六十六卷分為三十類的畫題中，屬於神鬼的只佔一卷，不僅數量少，而且大部分是鍾馗圖，包括單一的鍾馗像、馗姝圖、鍾馗役鬼移家圖、鬼獵圖、鍾馗殺鬼、鍾馗騎驢、鍾馗元夜出遊等。