明代四状元的圖像係採自《明狀元圖考》。這部書主要是明代顧祖訓編製的,他編製了自洪武四年(1371年)辛亥科至隆慶五年(1571年)辛未科共六十四科的像傳。以後,萬曆二年(1574年)甲戊科至崇禎十六年(1643年)癸未科計二十五科的狀元像傳,係萬曆丁末(三十五年)以前吳承恩和黄文德補編及清人陳枚續補 Ming Dynasty four-champion image from the “Ming-style yuan test.” This book was mainly compiled by Gu Zuxun in the Ming Dynasty. He compiled the biography of Sin Wu Ke, a total of 64 subjects from the fourth year of Hongwu (1371) to the fifth year of Longqing (1571). Later, in Wanli two years (1574), Scholar’s biography of Twenty-five subjects was recorded in Meiji to Chongzhen sixteen years (1643), which was compiled by Wu Cheng-en and Huang Wen-de before the end of Wanli (thirty-five years) And clear Chen Chen renewal