石渠寶笈三編(乾清宮),頁498 &*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁86-87 &*故宮書畫圖錄,第二冊,頁117-118&*劉松年(活動於西元1174─1224年),浙江錢塘人。居清波門,俗呼劉清波,又呼暗門劉。為南宋孝宗淳熙年畫院學生,紹熙年待詔。工畫人物、山水。師法張敦禮,神氣精妙,名過於師。 此畫唐學士陸元朗、孔穎達、李玄道、房玄齡、蘇勖燕居文會情景。按五人皆為秦府十八學士中人,與院藏劉松年唐十八學士卷第三段人物布景均同,而筆墨之精練略不如原圖,或有四幅,今僅存一。&*Liu Sung-nien was a native of Hangchou, Chekiang, where he lived at the Ch'ing-p'o Gate. He was thus known as Liu Ch'ing-p'o or An-men Liu. He entered the Painting Academy during the Ch'ung-hsi period (1174-1194) and eventually served as a Painter-in-Attendance. He painted both figures and landscapes, modeling himself on Chang Tun-li. Liu's paintings had great spirit, and his fame surpassed that of his master. This painting is a depiction of the T'ang scholars Lu Yüan-lang, K'ung Ying-ta, Li Hsü-tao, Fang Hsüan-ling, and Su Hsü at a literary gathering. They were among the “Eighteen Scholars of the House of Ch'in” who attended the Prince of Ch'in before he became emperor (Emperor T'ai-tsung of the T'ang dynasty). One suspects that originally there were four such paintings of which this is the only one surviving. In the Museum collection there is a handscroll attributed to Liu Sung-nien depicting the “Eighteen Scholars of the T'ang dynasty” in which the figures and setting of the third section are similar to this work, though the brushwork is quite different.