石渠寶笈續編(御書房),第四冊,頁2235&*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁117&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十二冊,頁389-390&* 張鎬,生平待考。乾隆年間供奉內廷。 本幅畫元稹連昌宮詞。描繪宮中殿閣櫛比,玄宗與楊貴妃凭欄觀賞庭園盛景。宮牆之外,有老者緩步過橋,回憶連昌宮昔年盛衰之情。 &*The Lien-ch’ang Palace Chang Hao Ch’ing dynasty While the events of Chang Hao’s life are unclear, he was a court painter during the reign of the Ch’ien-lung emperor. This painting illustrates a poem by the T’ang poet Yüan Chen entitled the Lien-ch’ang Palace. T’ang Ming-huang and his consort Yang Kuei-fei stand beside the balcony railing gazing into the flourishing enclosed garden. Outside the palace walls, an old man walks slowly across a bridge. He seems to think about the Lien-ch’ang Palace and the period of great splendor and decline which it witnessed during the T’ang dynasty.