This is particularly evident in his ceramic works. He is able to paint ceramic relief images in dazzling colors, can present an ink-wash nude on a handled pot, and can also inscribe a vase with text in precisely rendered Han dynasty script. Cheng Shan-hsi truly realizes the life of "roaming in art and being joyful at heart" that he talks of.
這在需多方條件配合的陶瓷畫中更為清楚，他可以集最鮮豔的色彩做浮雕彩瓷，可以水墨勾勒裸女耳壺，也可以規規矩矩地搔刻漢隸於瓷瓶，真的達到他所說的「遊於藝而快於心。」