Very often, the innovations of poetry in the Yuan and Ming dynasties were caused by poems on paintings, authors of which include Ni Zan, Wu Zhen, Wang Mian, Shen Zhou, Xu Wei and Tang Yen.

• 摘要元明诗文的新变化，常常首先出现在倪珊、吴镇、王冕、沈周、徐渭、唐寅等诗画家的作品之中，诸如人伦教化因素逐渐减弱，主观情怀、人生意味的表现日益增强，清新通俗、激锐酣畅和滑稽风趣的风格形式等等。