TAI Ki in the Eastern Jin and FAN Ye in Song (Southern Dynasty) who were masters of kin, and TEI Shonan in Song and GEI Unrin in Yuan who were good at painting kept their prides intact without being defeated by a powerful man in those days.
琴の名手である東晋の戴逵・宋(南朝)の范曄、画芸に秀でた宋の鄭所南・元(王朝)の倪雲林などは、ときの権力者に屈することなく自らの矜持を貫いた。