After a heavy rain, the dark clouds began to dissipate, letting through a stream of sunlight. In the lake on which the sun shone stood ten or so lotus plants in resplendent red. Wang, tired from taking his ox out to graze, was so moved that he could not do other than paint several plants.
同樣的，在《儒林外史》裡，一陣大雨過後，那黑雲邊上，鑲著白雲，漸漸散去，透出一派日光來，照耀得湖裡的十來枝荷花，紅豔欲滴，才讓放牛的王冕「起心動念」，非要畫它幾枝不可。