故宮書畫錄(卷四),第二冊,頁253&*石渠寶笈三編(延春閣),第五冊,頁2180-2187&*故宮書畫圖錄,第二十冊,頁169-178&* 王翬(西元一六三二至一七一七年),常熟人,字石谷,號耕煙散人、清暉主人、烏目山人、劍門樵客。山水得王時敏指授,為清四大家之一。 雲溪草堂圖,王翬六十八歲為徐永宣作。雲溪草堂者,蓋徐氏之別業也。徐氏以進士授部曹,或雄於資,故有為朱竹垞刻集,見竹垞詩註中。本幅用筆甚工,以青綠設色,石谷著意作也,惟用力既多,或不免於板滯。有王士禎宋犖諸題,並可見徐之交遊。 &* Wang Hui was a native of Ch’ang-shou in Kiangsu province. A student of Wang Chien and Wang Shih-min, he was taken to view and copy the works of ancient masters in many great collections. In this way he was able to absorb the brush techniques of both past and present masters. Wang Hui was able to unite the best quality of the Northern and Southern schools of painting. Because of his consummate skill, he became the greatest master of brush technique in the Ch’ing Dynasty. This work was done in 1699, when Wang Hui was in his sixty-eighth years. It depicts the country house of Hsü Yung-hsüan, for whom it was painted. Hsü was a very wealthy official who assisted the famous poet Chu I-tsun in painting the latter’s collected works. This painting reflects great skill in the handling of the brush and in the use of blue and green color, but the artist was perhaps too self-conscious and the result somewhat stiff. The picture has inscriptions by the eminent scholar-officials Wang Shih-chen and Sung Lao, indicative of the high company kept by Hsü Yung-hs üu.3an.