The Picture of Courtesans in the Palace of Wang Shu depicts the story of the harem of Wang Yan, the former king of Shu in the five dynasties。Four singing and dancing girls are dressed for the king's call to serve。They wear golden lotus flower crown, dressed in clouds and clouds decorated Dao clothes, face rouge, the body is rich without loss of delicate, dignified and charming mood。

This picture self-title :" Lotus crown son Taoist clothing, day prince banquet purple micro。Flower willow do not know people have gone, every year fighting green and contend for Fei。Shu Empress every in the palace wrapped in a small towel, ordered the palace prostitute clothes Dao clothes, crown lotus crown, day to seek flowers and willow to feast。The rumor of Shu has been overflowing in the ears, but the Lord does not help it, even to the wine。It's not hard to shake your head。"

Tang Yin (March 6, 1470 - January 7, 1524) was born on the fourth day of February in Chenghua sixth year, died on December 2, Jiajing second year, the word Bohu, later changed the word Ziwei, number six Ru Yushi, Taohua master, Lu Tang Sheng, escape Zen Xian, etc., Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, poet。 

At the age of 30, he went to Beijing for an examination, involved in a test leakage case and was deposed, his wife remarried, and his life was bumpy。Later, he traveled to famous mountains and rivers and became famous for selling his paintings。 In the early years, with Shen Zhou, Zhou Chen painting, patriarchal Li Tang, Liu Songnian, the fusion of the North and South painting school, fine ink, the layout is sparse, the style is elegant and clear。The figure painter inherits the Tang Dynasty tradition, the color is bright and elegant, the body is beautiful, the shape is accurate;Also work freehand characters, pen simple and comprehensive, interesting。Its flower and bird painting is long in ink freehand, free and elegant。The calligraphy is strange and beautiful, and the method was taken by Zhao Mengxu。 In poetry, with Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming, Xu Zhenqing called "four talents in Wu"。In painting, Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Qiu Ying were called the "Four Wumen families", also known as the "four Ming families".。 Tang Yin's works include "Riding a Donkey Thinking of Returning to China", "Song on a Mountain Road", "Shi Ming", "King Shu Palace Courtesans", "Li Duanduan's Landing Home", "Autumn Wind and Fan", and "Gu Cha 鸜 Charcharts", which are collected in many museums around the world。

Through the depiction of four palace prostitutes in the former Shu Dynasty, the author satirizes the lewd and shameless private life of the former Shu Dynasty。In describing the four women, Tang Yin abandoned all background and only titled a poem :" The lotus crown son Taoist clothes, the sun prince banquet crape myrtle.。Flower willow do not know people have gone, every year fighting green and contend for Fei。"Is the finishing touch of the painting 。

Part of the color, is thick and light, or echo, or foil。Therefore, the whole work is beautiful, bright, simple and fresh。In the character modeling, the characteristics are remarkable。When Tang Yin painted the image of beautiful women, he often used small eyebrows and small eyes, and pointed jaws to deliberately depict their weak mood。This modeling feature is also an innovation in the history of Chinese painting 

Very meticulous technique, fine lines, flowing, like spring silkworm spinning silk。Set the color bright, strong color sense。The figures in the painting, there are strong colors, there are light, there are large gray-green, there are also colorful dresses, rich changes。In the color, the painter adopted the "three white" color method, which is to use white powder to dye the forehead, nose and cheeks, and the application of this method plays a very obvious role in the expression of the weak mood of the palace prostitute。

In the middle, there are two palace prostitutes, and the one in the near back is wearing a light yellow long coat, while the other is wearing a dark blue coat, which produces a strong contrast in color and produces a vivid artistic effect。The rest of the part or strong or light, or cold or warm, or echo or symmetry, the change is very clever and natural 。

The painting has bright colors, both strong contrast of dark, cold and warm colors, and clever transition and collocation of similar colors, so that the overall color is rich and harmonious, and both elegant and beautiful 。