石渠寶笈三編(延春閣),第三冊,頁1479&故宮書畫錄 (卷五),第三冊,頁76-77&故宮書畫圖錄,第二冊,頁49-50&蕭照,濩澤(今山西陽城)人。頗有學識,亦好繪畫。靖康元年(西元一一二六年)於太行山與人結夥為盜。一日劫獲畫家李唐,乃放棄為盜,隨之南渡,於南宋高宗紹興元年(西元一一三一年)入畫院為待詔。 在畫幅中間絕壁處,有「蕭照」二字落款。從畫中斧劈皴法之運用,可看出其深受李唐之影響,不僅形似,神韻亦相當接近。&Hsiao Chao, a native of Hu-ts'e (modern Yang-ch'eng, Shansi), was a learned man who practiced calligraphy and painting. In 1126, with the fall of the Northern Sung, he took to the T'ai-hang mountains as a bandit. After he met the famed artist Li T'ang, he abandoned his life of banditry and became Li's student. In 1131, Hsiao entered the painting academy under Emperor Kao-tsung. Hsiao Chao inscribed his name in the center to the right of the cliff face below the tree leaves. Above a moored boat, two figures stand pointing out to the vast misty landscape. Figures walk up to the buildings in the upper left. Hsiao is indebted to Li T'ang not only for the "axe-cut" texture strokes, but also for the overall spirit of this painting.&蕭照,(西元十二世紀)山西濩澤人。頗知書,亦善畫。靖康中流入太行山為盜,一日掠獲李唐,素慕唐名,即辭賊隨唐南渡,從唐學畫,紹興間入畫院。 高山見其半壁,溪流傍山,空曠清遠。畫法與李唐一脈相承,惟皴山筆法,與唐相較,差見變化耳。款書兩字,在舟子頭頂最高絕壁處。&Streams cascade down the side of a high mountain, only part of which is visible on the left-hand side of the painting, while on the right a level plain stretches off into the distance. Hsiao Chao's painting methods were acquired from Li T'ang, but only his handling of the texture strokes that model the mountains can be compared with Li's; furthermore, Hsiao's subjects are not painted with the same versatility as his teacher's. The two characters of the artist's signature can be seen in mid-air below the tree that overhangs the cliff in the center of the painting. Hsiao Chao, a native of Huo-tse, Shansi, excelled at both calligraphy and painting, In 1126 he became a bandit in the T'ai-hang mountains. There he once captured in a raid the famous artist Li T'ang, whom he had long admired, and ended up following him to the re-established court in the South. Hsiao consequently studied painting with Li and in the Shao-hsing era(1131-1163) entered the Imperial Academy of Painting.