In his history of Chinese art, James Cahill describes how in Double Happiness the artist's powers of observation and his ability to capture the essence of nature, "reveal a sympathy and understanding of life in the painting."
高居翰在其「中國繪畫史」書中，形容雙喜圖之畫者觀察、捕捉到了自然的天性，且「對出現在自己畫中的生命，有了同情和瞭解。」