The personal appearance of Cheng Shan-shi's environment reminds people of a humorous figure within a puppet show. Books, paintings, waste papers, brushes and what not are scattered and piled up high on the floor and on the table tops. Some of the books are open and stay that way. It seems that the artist was distracted and took care of something else while reading a book.
鄭善禧在金山街寓所的房間裡堆滿了書畫，甚至客廳也一樣零亂，桌上、地下都是疊起的大書小書，間或有幾本攤開著、大概在什麼時候翻讀到那兒，又去忙其他的事了。