石渠寶笈三編﹝延春閣﹞,第四冊,頁1755&*故宮書畫錄﹝卷五﹞,第三冊,頁296&*故宮書畫圖錄,第六冊,頁111-112&* 戴進(西元一三八八-一四六二年)浙江錢塘人,字文進,號靜庵,又號玉泉山人。幼師葉澄,及長又遠傚馬遠、夏圭,故其畫山水多有馬夏筆趣。其又工人物、花鳥、走獸,後人推為明代浙派祖師。 此圖似繪卜盧國獻紈牛之事。馭者髮鬚捲曲,凸額大鼻,貌類胡戎。其身穿華服,腰配彎刀,帛魚與海螺,左手執鞭,右手握糜以控牛,精神專注。紈牛淺毛驪色,羊角犬面,不似稚犢,反類靈獸。背後巨樹垂藤,遠處煙靄,景色恬靜。 &* Tai Chin was a native of Ch’ien-t’ang in Chekiang province. In his youth he studied with Yeh Ch’eng. Later he styled himself after the Sung academic painters Ma Yüan and Hsia Kuei, and his landscapes often reveal the brush mannerisms of these two artists. He was also skilled in painting figures, birds and flowers, and animals. Later generations made him the founder of the Che School of the Ming dynasty. This painting may be a depiction of the story of the offering of a young bull from the Central Asian country of P’u-lu during the Chou dynasty. The herdsman’s curly hair and beard, his prominent forehead and large nose all suggest his Turkestan origins. Holding a whip in his lefet hand and a tether by which to lead the bull in his right, he is a picture of concentration. The appearance of the bull is more that of an auspicious beast than a young calf. A large tree with hanging vines and the distant scene of mist provide an appropriately restful backdrops.