By his imperial authority, Huizong reformed the examination system and transformed what had been manual skills into concepts, literature and even philosophy. The Song painters who emerged from then on were all great scholars and thinkers.
當宋徽宗以皇帝的身分改革考試制度，把技巧轉化為觀念、文學，甚至哲學，此後的宋代畫家站出來，人人都是了不起的文人思想家。