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The idiom "画龙点睛" comes from this legend. Now it's usually used to describe the use of a couple of perfectly incisive language added a critical moment when writing or speaking to illuminate a deeper meaning, and give the content more power. 
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<h4>画龙点睛</h4>
传说古时候有个画家叫张僧繇，他画龙画得特别好。

有一次，他在金陵（现在南京）安乐寺的墙壁上画了四条巨龙，那龙画得活灵活现，非常逼真，只是都没有眼睛。人们问张僧繇：“为什么不把眼睛画出来？”

他说：“眼睛可不能轻易画呀！一画了，龙就会腾空飞走的！”

大家听了，谁也不信，都认为他在说大话。后来，经不起人们一再请求，张僧繇只好答应把龙的眼睛画出来。奇怪的事情果然发生了，他刚刚点出第二条龙的眼睛，突然刮起了大风，顷刻间电闪雷鸣。两条巨龙转动着光芒四射的眼睛冲天而起，<span class="highlightText">腾空而去</span>。围观的人，个个看得目瞪口呆，对张僧繇更佩服了。

成语“画龙点睛”就是从这个传说中来的。现在一般用来比喻写作、讲话时，在关键性的地方用上一两句精辟的语言来点明含义，使内容更加生动有力。这种手法也称为“点睛”之笔。
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Legend has it that in ancient times there was a painter named Zhang Sengyao，and he drew dragons very well.

One time, he painted four giant dragons on a wall at Anle Temple in Jinlong (present-day Nanjing). The logs were vividly drawn, extremely lifelike, but they didn't have eyes. Peopled asked Zhang Sengyao："Why don't you draw the eyes?" 

He said: "The eyes can't be painted on rashly! Once they're drawn, the dragons will take to the air and fly away!" 

Everyone listened, but no one believed, everyone thought he was bragging. Later, he couldn't bear people coming repeatedly to beg him, so Zhang Sengyao had to agree to paint eyes on the dragons. The strange event happened as expected, he had just draw the eyes on the second dragon, suddenly a big wind gusted up, in an instant lightning flashed and thunder sounded. Two giant twisting dragons with beams of light radiating from their eyes charged towards the sky, taking off into the air. Each of the bystanders looked on dumbfounded, and admired Zhang Sengyao even more.

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