花鳥畫是傳統的中國繪畫題材，它不僅表現動植物的外形，其內在的寓意性更是一種獨特的文化現象。本卷收錄北京故宮博物院藏唐、五代、兩宋花鳥走獸畫83 幀，細說其規格、材質、畫面內容及其特點、作者生平及其藝術風格等，展示了這一時段存世不多的紙絹本作品，是一份極其珍貴的文化遺產。 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.