However, it was not actually regarded as a plebeian behavior for Bunjin to make a living by selling works as long as they did not do so to satisfy their greed, so many poor Bunjin sold calligraphic works in order to buy rice.
ただし、実際には芸を売って糊口をしのぐこともこれを貪らないかぎりは下賤とは見做されず、貧窮にあえぐ文人の多くが書画を売って米に換えた。