Being an important mode to eulogize or memorialize,figural representations about the persons of great worth were very much in fashion in the Han dynasty and had a measurable impact on the Zan of portraits.

Comparing this single complete set with those contained in the Images and Encomiums of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas(Zhufo-pusa shengxiang zan),we find there are 354 correspondences,a 98.

On the Eulogizing Meaning of "Zan;