In the picture they are actually doing nothing but make several poses, which is totally like a laughy. Our great heroes are just laughable enemies in the eyes of other nations or countries. Likewise, the heroes of other nations or countries are just shit in our eyes. The human being is just in this ambivalent and facetious state which everyone knows but no one can escape. Thus my paintings mostly expresses the helplessness in having no alternative. At the back of laughter, it is affliction and flabbiness that hide.

During the near hundreds of years, China had experienced a long history of turbulence and warfare. At the very beginning of this new century, the whole human being is facing to the new anti-terrorism war. All these horrible events are telling us that this world is full of wars and killings. This reminds me an old Chinese joke: there were two warriors in the state of Qi, one lived in the east of the city, the other the south. One day, they met on the way and proposed to each other: "Let's go and have a drink! " While drinking deeply, they said: "Let's find some meat to eat!" Then, one of them thought: "You have a body of flesh, and so do I. Why shall we seek far and neglect what lies close at hand?" Therefore they drew out their swords to cut and eat each other.

This is a cruel joke. The two warriors' desirability is good, eating some meat for the sake of their friendship and the happiness of their drinking. But they are so stupid and lack of wisdom that instead of buying some, they choose to eat each other. Isn't the war of human being just exactly the same as the behavior of these two warriors? No matter what kind of excuse is used, war is the lamentable result of human being lacking of wisdom and having no other alternative, namely, an internal massacre.

(translated by Susan)