北京故宮博物院內收藏了歷代不少刻畫人物風俗的繪畫。
本卷收錄了當中晉唐、五代、兩宋的人物、風俗畫，出土紙絹畫及壁畫。這些珍品通過對人物寫形、傳神，表達出人的個性及世俗百姓生活的點滴，賦予了人物畫更強的生命力，無論在文物收藏、學術上均有極高的價值。
Painting in the Song dynasty put on display for the first time in the albums. Nearly all paintings in book I bear a signature or colophon of the painter. Book II consists mainly of single leaves of sketches by anoymous painters.
本卷收錄了當中晉唐、五代、兩宋的人物、風俗畫，出土紙絹畫及壁畫。這些珍品通過對人物寫形、傳神，表達出人的個性及世俗百姓生活的點滴，賦予了人物畫更強的生命力，無論在文物收藏、學術上均有極高的價值。
Painting in the Song dynasty put on display for the first time in the albums. Nearly all paintings in book I bear a signature or colophon of the painter. Book II consists mainly of single leaves of sketches by anoymous painters.