He admired Shi Tao very much and was good at painting landscapes, birds and flowers, especially plums.

It is said that he was taken away by a eunuch and in 1651 became a Buddhist monk.

Consequently, Shi Tao's genuine sentiment and expression of art noumenon on the basis of"Tao"is delved in detail.

The dissertation studies and analyses the innovation of the paintings of Shitao, the great painter and theorist in late Ming and early Qing dynasty.

Shitao, who replaced the Xin'an painters, and his works, were the result of choice of both the culture and commerce of Yangzhou.