Ting Kuan-p'eng, a native of Peking, entered service as a court painter in 1726 and was admired by the Ch'ien-lung Emperor, being praised as "The Painter Among Painters." Although this handscroll is labeled a copy, only the arrangement of image and text as well as forms and positions of the figures are similar to the original. The technique of the blue-and-green landscape painting and the use of gold for outlining reflect a mature gold-and-green landscape style post-dating the original. The forms and brushwork of the trees, as well as the coloring, also already reflect the Wu School style from the middle of the Ming (1368-1644). Ting Kuan-p'eng was influenced by Western styles, as seen here in the use of shading and perspective.