石渠寶笈三編(延春閣),第五冊,2521&*故宮書畫錄(卷六),第四冊,頁230&*倪瓚(西元一三0一至一三七四年),字元鎮,號雲林,江蘇無鍚人。嘗築清閟閣,以藏其所收之古書畫。生平好學,工詞翰,善書畫。山水先以董源為師,後法荊關,好寫汀渚遙岑,小山竹樹等平遠景。晚年喜畫竹,以寫胸中逸氣。 木幅畫竹數竿,竹葉繁疏有致,由其畫竹枝葉筆力,可見其書法精湛。畫之右下角有倪瓚自題詩一首。&*Ni Tsan was a native of of Wu-hsi, Kiangsu. His style name was Yüan-chen, sobriquet Yün-lin. His family was wealthy and possessed a fine collection of paintings and calligraphy. He was a scholar by nature, a skilled poet, calligrapher and painter. His landscape painting was modeled after Tung Yüan, Ching Hao and Kuan T'ung. Ni Tsan excelled as a painter of river landscapes. Late in life he was fond of painting bamboo that was expressive of his personal feelings. The work paints several stalks of bamboo, their leaves designed with rhythmic clarity. Ni Tsan's bamboo reveals the extent of his brush-strength, and thus suggests his skill in calligraphy. The right lower corner bears an inscription by the painter.&*1.蔣復璁,〈倪瓚畫竹枝〉,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56。