He worked hard all his life and made outstanding achievements in sorting out China's art history and theoretical heritage of Chinese painting. Before the founding of New China, the published works mainly included History of China Painting, Latest Pattern Law, Three-dimensional Pattern Law, Calligraphy Guide and so on. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China has published 2.8 million-word masterpieces such as Classification of Chinese Paintings, Murals in China, Research Materials of Landscape Paintings in the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China, Research Materials of Gu Kaizhi, Painters' Series, Elvis Presley, Notes on Shi Tao's Painting Quotations, Notes on Xuanhe's Painting Spectrum, Notes on Famous Paintings in Past Dynasties and Notes on Pictures. And published a large number of artistic papers in newspapers and periodicals. His works have a certain influence at home and abroad. His comments on Shi Tao's painting quotations have high academic value. Translated into Japanese by Teng Guangyi at 1977 and published by Professor Watson Song of London University in London. His History of Painting in China has become an important material for some countries in the world to study China's fine arts.

He is good at landscape painting, flowers and calligraphy. The landscape paintings created are vigorous, rich in composition, implicit and meaningful, and unique in style. From 65438 to 0976, he presented more than 4700 books, picture albums, periodicals, manuscripts and a large number of Chinese paintings to Nanjing Art Institute.