Pu Hsinyu was known for his landscape paintings, as it incorporates the essence of both Southern and Northern landscape paintings. This paintings resembles Ni Zan's work from Yuan dynasty, with simple river structure. Using just a few strokes, the artist depicted a ascetic quality, as if deploring over his former role in the imperial family. Dried brush was used at the foreground to depict a lonely old tree with falling autumn leaves. Simple structure was used with clear divided sections to highlight the river banks in hemp-fiber strokes and a crooked tree trunk. Such structure shows Pu Hsinyu’s keen aesthetic persistence. The space of the river and the banks created a feeling of serenity and vastness of Nature. Moving along the painting is a fisherman’s boat, giving a lively touch to such tranquil autumn scene. Poem was written in running script and round edges, giving an elegant touch to the painting. Pu Hsinyu was well known for his small paintings. His thoughts were often expressed in his paintings. His painting style is elegance suggesting his imperial and scholarly background. Such paintings are highly sought after by private collectors.