What Wang Mian and Mr. Qin said: Wang Mian is a person who is resolutely unwilling to pursue an official career, and his attitude towards the imperial examination stereotypes is obvious enough.

Wang Mian of the Yuan Dynasty was a cowherd boy when he was young. When he was herding cows, he often secretly listened to the students reading in the school. After listening, he could memorize the books silently, so that he would forget about his cows when he returned home in the evening. Han Xing, a scholar from Anyang, admired Wang Mian's spirit of studying hard, so he became his disciple and trained him carefully.

At first, Wang Mian also wanted to pass the imperial examination and become an official, but after repeated attempts and failed, he finally woke up and sighed: "This boy is ashamed of himself, I will drown him!" So he gave up his fame and career. Visit famous mountains and rivers, and make friends with talented people. At that time, someone recommended him to be a government official, but Wang Mian replied, "I have fields to cultivate and books to read. I am willing to accept the case and set up a slave envoy in court!"

Wang Mian lived in seclusion with his wife. In Jiuli Mountain, there are thousands of plum trees, thousands of fish, and three thatched cottages. He named himself "Plum Blossom House" and sold his paintings for money, which was regarded as a crazy life by people at the time. Wang Mian was good at painting plum blossoms, with strong strokes and vigorous business. He was also good at poetry and wrote many poems that sympathized with the suffering of the people and exposed the corruption and cruelty of the ruling class. He became a famous painter and poet in the late Yuan Dynasty.