This paper begins by pointing out that the famous Tang dynasty poet, Wang Wei, was also a painter and musician. Then, by close examination of half a dozen of Wang Wei’s poems (including “Deer Walled,” “Farewell in the Mountains,” and “Sitting alone on an Autumn Night”), the author tries to explain exactly how Wang Wei’s “painter’s eye” influenced his poetic narration. The author concludes that Wang Wei often employs a shifting viewpoint (from first person to third, and back, etc.) in his poems which helps him to capture “a most significant moment,” and sometimes maintain a “purely detached” narrative point of view.