In his writing On Sparrows and Painting Sparrows, Lin Yu-shan, a painter of the older generation, says that the paintings of that time already show an understanding that beauty can be achieved without florid shapes and colors but through a simplicity and plain elegance that emphasizes the effects of brush work.
老一輩的畫家林玉山在其「談雀與畫雀」文中就說，由當時的畫看來，可知畫家已體會出無須以形色華麗者為美，反尚質樸淡雅者，並重視畫面筆墨之效果。