石渠寶笈初編(御書房),下冊,頁857&*故宮書畫錄(卷六),第四冊,頁145&*故宮書畫圖錄,第二十四冊,頁180-183&* 王原祁(西元一六四二-一七一五年),江蘇太倉人,時敏之孫。字茂京,號麓臺,康熙庚戌(一六七0年)進士,歷官少司農。畫由家學,遠邁時倫,為清四大家之一。 平林野水,覺莽莽江原景象,含煙吐潤,詩意盎然。壓頂一峰,於雲中聳立,諸小峰迴環拱抱。盡呼應之能,直是夏雨初晴,江村實境。此幀作於初春,天寒筆墨冰結。呵凍而作,故墨氣微覺滯澀,然而氣運天成,是仿米佳作。畫時六十七歲。 &* Wang Yűan-ch’i (style-name Mao-ching; sobriquet Lu-t’ai) was a native of T’ai-ts’ang, Kiangsu. A grandson of Wang Shih-min (1592-1680), Wang Yűan-ch’i is included among the Four Great Masters of the Ch’ing Dynasty. He received his chin-shih civil degree in 1670 and served as Superintendent of the Capital Granaries. From the woods and streams one can imagine the lush vegetation and cloudy moistness of the original river landscape. The top of the highest mountain, emerging from the clouds, is encircled by smaller peaks. The artist has depicted the actual site of a river hamlet with summer rain just clearing. The scroll was completed in early spring. Wang Yűan-ch’i records that he had to loosen his brush and thaw his ink before he could paint. Consequently the ink appears slightly congealed. Wang Yűan-ch’i painted the landscape when he was sixty-seven years old.