石渠寶笈續編(獅子林),第七冊,頁4028 &*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁223-225 &*故宮書畫圖錄,第四冊,頁281-283&*Ni Tsan, a native of Wu-hsi in Kiangsu, came from a wealthy family. He established the Hall of Sublime Purity and collected ancient painting and calligraphy. He was also aloof and lofty by nature and had a penchant for cleanliness. After the age of 40, he left his family and led a life of wandering. Ni Tsan rarely used colors when he painted, giving his works a harmoniously light and elegant sense freedom. This work shows two stalks of slender bamboo (with a withered tree standing next to a rough rock) done in abbreviated brush and ink. He was nonetheless not only able to render the contrast between the distances of the bamboo leaves but also the distinctions between dark and light ink in the withered tree and rough rock.&*1.蔣復璁,〈倪瓚竹樹野石〉,收入國立故宮博物院編,《元四大家》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,1975年初版,1976年二版,1984年三版),頁51-52。 &*倪瓚(西元一三○一—一三七四年),江蘇無鍚人。字元鎮,號雲林、迂翁。家境富饒,建清閟閣,收藏古書畫,但個性孤高有潔癖,四十歲以後便棄家外出,過著漂泊的生活。 倪瓚作畫不喜用色彩,別有一種清淡雅逸的韻味。此幅畫修竹二竿,和枯木立於拳石畔,筆墨簡率,不但竹葉本身深淺有致,和枯木、拳石間,也有濃淡之別。