This research focuses on a Ming loyalist's portraits made in the river south of dynasty alternation from Ming to Qing. Commissioned by Zhu Maoshi (1595-1683) and completed in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, these portraits are interesting examples of portraiture which exerts a mixture of portraiture and genre painting, revealing how Zhu Maoshi expressed his attitude through folk customs. This vision way indicated how the rich forms of expression of portraits in the 17 th century

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... the development of Chinese portraiture. The article is divided into four sections. In the first, it brings attention to the portrait, the infrequent but salient stylistic feature of the painting, in which portraiture and genre painting combined. The feature characterizes the theme of the filial piety. The second section shifts to discuss the commemorative significance of Maoshi's family portraits as seen through the manner in which a special place was set in the home for ancestor worship. The third section analyzes how the world of painting and calligraphy in Jiaxing exerts influence on the consumption of painting and calligraphy of Zhu Maoshi. The last section, based on the above paintings, highlights his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.