He likes Huang Shan much more than West Lake and prefers Peking to Soochow; he is fond of cold plums on the banks of Lake Tai in the dead of winter and dislikes peach blossoms at Lung-hua Temple in late spring.
「他愛黃山遠越於西湖愛北平甚於蘇州；他喜歡嚴冬太湖邊上的寒梅，而厭棄暮春龍華寺的桃花，… … 他常畫蒼鷹古松，而絕不著筆蟲魚水竹。」