And in the Sung dynasty, a high-water mark for empiricism in China, painters stuck to the principle of getting to the bottom of things. When painting they not only observed the physical structure of an animal but also came to a detailed understanding of its anatomy.
而在理學盛行的宋代，畫家尤其服膺格物窮理的原則，作畫時不但觀察物體的結構，也細細分解它們的肌裡。