自古以来画画的人都有一身硬骨头，不随便向世俗权贵低头。纵使他已经贫无立锥之地，也不会向权贵求一个官位做做；达官贵人向他求画，他也不一定肯卖，宁愿贫苦一生。这种“傲骨”有时会在画面上表现出来。
明‧唐伯虎就有这样的心境描述，他说：“立锥莫笑无余地，万里江山笔下生。”——我虽穷到无立足之地，但胸中却有万里江山，这些笔底江山都是我的。
其实他并不靠卖画维生，他执著于画他笔下的万里江山，“闲来就写青山卖”，足见他不求名利的惬意生活是多么的令人向往。
Painters since ancient times are self-restrained with “hard bones”, never bow to the secular bigwigs. Even though he is already poor enough, has no place to stand, he will never ask the secular bigwigs for being an official. Those who are dignitaries want to buy paintings from him, he may not sell, preferring a poor life. This kind of "proud" sometimes shows in the paintings.
Tang Bo hu of Ming Dynasty has such a mood description, he said: "Do not laugh at me because I do not have a place to stand, thousands of miles territory created under my pen." --- Although, I'm poor enough and no foothold point to stand, there are thousands of miles territory are in my chest, these territories under my pen all are mine.
In fact, he did not rely on selling his paintings for living. He enjoyed drawing the thousand miles territory under his pen. "While a free time, I draw mountains and sell" which shows how comfortable his live was without fame and fortune.＠
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