石渠寶笈初編(御書房),下冊,頁1126&*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁351&*故宮書畫圖錄,第七冊,頁25-26&*1.江兆申,〈唐寅杏花 軸〉,收入國立故宮博物院編,《吳派畫九十年展》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,1975年初版,1976年再版,1981年三版),頁306。 &* 唐寅(西元一四七○-一五二三年),江蘇吳縣人,字子畏,一字伯虎,號六如。天資穎異,性格瀟灑不羈,自命為江南第一風流才子。山水、人物、花鳥無所不精,畫師周臣,而有出藍之譽。 春杏一株,由畫幅左側向古上方伸張。幹先鈎畫,再行皴擦,枝則多用濃墨寫成。滿樹繁花,不著脂粉,去絕俗艷之氣。花以濃淡墨點成,繁花復加密蕊,益增筆調之變化。 &*Apricot Flowers T’ang Yin (1470-1523) Ming Dynasty T’ang Yin (style names Tzu-wei, Po-hu; sobriquet Liu-ju) was a native of Wu-hsien, Kiangsu. Though by nature careless and unrestrained, he became one of the great talents of the Kiangnan region. Although he studied with Chou Ch’en (fl. 1500-1535 A.D.), he soon surpassed him. T’ang Yin was particularly skilled in painting landscapes, figures, flowers, and birds. An isolated branch of spring apricot enters from the left edge of the paper and curves in and up toward the upper right corner. Here T’ang has used a variety of brushstrokes and ink tones. Rough texture strokes give the trunk volume. Rich ink is employed in the branches. Dark and light ink, rather than red color, is used in the clustered flowers which are densely dotted with stamens and pistils. Vulgarity is omitted, and thus an atmosphere of beauty is achieved.