水牛對臺灣的社會來說，是勤勞的象徵，在早期的農業社會，水牛是代表著生產的動能，以人為中心的人文寫實技法，將台灣人的性格與水牛性格做一個強烈的對比與比擬，將水牛勤勞的性格比擬為台灣人勤奮的上進力，藉由畫作呈現出勤勞的水牛與勤奮的人們的對比寫實的對比表現。
Buffalo is a symbol of hard work for traditional Taiwan society. In the period of agricultural society, buffalo represents the energy of production. The central idea of Human being by using realistic technique expresses a sharp contrast and comparison Taiwanese personality with buffalo’s personality. The diligent buffalo is as the Taiwanese hard working. This painting by using realistic stroke expresses the diligent buffalo and hard working people.