石渠寶笈初編(養心殿),上冊,頁659 &*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁65 &*故宮書畫圖錄,第四冊,頁249-250&*王淵(約西元十四世紀),浙江錢塘(今杭州)人,字若水,號淡軒。學畫時,曾獲趙孟頫的指導,學到許多古人的畫法。 本幀繪水濱雙雁,一延頸啄嚙蘆根,一半合其目而休憩。毛羽豐潤,神態生動。蘆葦三兩莖襯托其後,復有殘荷幾葉,益增蕭瑟意境。 &*Wang Yüan came from Ch'ien-t'ang in Chekiang. His style name was Jo-shui and his sobriquet was Tan-hsüan. when he first began to study painting, he obtained an introduction to study under Chao Meng-fu (1254 -1322). Thus his paintings tend to return to ancient models but without the conventionality of the Academy painters. This painting is of two wild geese by a river bank. One is stretching his neck and pecking at the root of a river rush. The other is resting with his head on his wing; his half-closed eye gives him a drowsy look. The geese have a life-like quality. In the background of the painting there are two or three rushes and withered lotus leaves of the past season. This background heightens the bleak and chilly atmosphere of the scene.