In the history of Chinese fine arts， there is a special category - literati painting， which is classified by the painters identity and temperament of works rather than the painting objects. The Literati painting is created by literati and Scholar-bureaucrats and full of their features and taste.

在中國美术史上，有一个特殊的“门类”。它不是以绘画对象来分门别类，而是以绘画者的身份和作品的气质来识别。它就是文人画——文人所作的画，充满文人气息的画。