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In painting is a childish view.
論畫以形似,
Who thinks in verse there is a norm,
見與兒童鄰。
To poetry he’s got no clew.
賦詩必此詩,
In painting as in poetry,
定非知詩人。
We like what’s natural and new.
詩畫本一律,
Bian Luan painted birds vividly;
天工與清新。
Zhao Chang’s flowers to nature were true.
邊鵞雀寫生,
But these two pictures surpass them: