Wen Zhiming is famous for being good at all kinds of calligraphy in history, especially at running script and small letters. Wang Shizhen commented in Yi Yan Yuan: "Wen Zhiming, who is about to make an imperial edict, is famous for his lower case letters, and his followers are familiar with it. His unique seal script writing is not inferior to others, but he himself has become a useful product. The book "Thousand Articles" has four styles, and the script is absolutely exquisite. There are "Huang Ting" and "legacy education" brushwork, and the style is light and moist. It can be called the jade version of "holy coke", and the official script is also wonderful in "Zen". Seal script is the style of Jin, Jin and Yang Bing, and regular script has a small method, which is commendable. " Calligraphy is warm and beautiful, steady and mature, rigorous in statutes and vivid in meaning. Although there is no vigorous momentum, it has the charm of calligraphy in Jin and Tang Dynasties. His book style is less angry, and in his freehand brushwork, he often reveals a gentle and elegant atmosphere. Perhaps the ups and downs of his official career have killed his spirit of death, but he is a late bloomer and his style is becoming more and more calm. His masterpieces handed down from generation to generation include "A drunkard's sake is not wine", "Preface to Wang Teng-ting", "Fu on the Red Wall", "Poem of Fisherman", "Li Sao" and "Beishan Translation".
Wen Zhiming's accomplishments in painting and calligraphy are extremely comprehensive, including landscapes, figures, flowers and orchids. The theme of landscape painting mostly describes the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, while the characters and manners in the landscape completely imitate Zhao Mengfu. Li Jicheng, a figure painter, inherited the ancient tradition, and his brushwork is exquisite and fluent. In his later years, Wen Zhiming had two styles: thick accumulation and thin hair, and the more he worked, the more he worked. Wen Zhiming studied painting theory all his life, worked hard and gained great fame. Keep pace with teacher Shen Zhou, and become the leader of Wumen 50 years after Shen Zhou.
Li Yingzhen, a beginner in calligraphy, has learned from the masterpieces of the previous generation, and has his own accomplishments in seal cutting, official script, regular script, calligraphy and cursive script. Especially good at running script and small letters, warm and beautiful, rigorous statutes and vivid ideas. Although there is no vigorous momentum, it has the charm of Jin and Tang calligraphy and has its own certain style. Small letters are euphemistic and slow-paced, which complements his painting style and is known as "the first in Ming Dynasty".