Depictions of indulgence in the four accomplishments of playing the zither, playing Chinese chess (igo/shogi), practicing calligraphy and painting that were deemed necessary by the Chinese scholar-bureaucrats (high-ranking bureaucrats who had earned academic degrees by passing Imperial examinations).
中国の士大夫(科挙出身の高級官僚)に必須とされた琴、棋(囲碁・将棋)、書、画に耽る姿を絵画化したものである。