In his early years, Ju Ming gave the woodcarving of a small chicken to a famous ink painter, Uchiyama, in Japan. Uchiyama was highly moved and then wrote him an article in return: "I greatly marveled at this refined sculpture right after taking a glance of it. Few and accountable, each of these bold and rough slashes depicts the vitality of chickens. I expressed my cheerful sound and feeling, and further noticed the motion of the knife... Surely he observed the unfinished woodblock in detail, and depicted in mind each moment of chickens according to its texture." Uchiyama regards the beauty of slashes and the script of ink paintings as the same1.