Every man longs for a true and full life without any trammels. Unfortunately.various aims shackle our minds, Di Lifeng, an oil painter, has spent countless mornings and evenings thinking of the difficulties and hardships he had never experienced, such as dynastic changes, rise and fall of each emperor, honor or disgrace of imperial concubines, fortune of eunuches and maids.All these facts make him sad as a child. There always exist conversations in his deep heart with the figures he attempts to depict, sometimes, acting as a moderner, somertimes, as Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, or as an imperial kingsmen. He never intends to demote or extol what they have done, instead, what he is crazy about is their legendary life experiences that sound splendid but tragic. Maybe he dreams of experiencing and understanding Pu Yi's having no choice and Wan Rong's (the last empress) heartbroken life. As a man, he also sighs with feeling to 　 eunuches' loyalty. In other words, the Qing Dynasty wouldn't have left us so many colorful and magnificent memories without these happenings.