石渠寶笈三編(延春閣),第五冊,頁2245&*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁558&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十一冊,頁195-196&* 陳書(西元一六六0-一七三六年),女,浙江秀水人。號上元弟子,晚號南樓老人,嫁於海鹽錢綸光,後因長子錢陳群居官顯貴,受誥為太淑人。花鳥、草蟲、山水、人物,無所不能。她的山水畫,祖法元王蒙,水墨畫法且能登王蒙之堂奧,惟有著色則多自創新意,不落古人窠臼。如本幅使用細緻的筆法,明亮的色調,描寫那夏日蒸炙下的山麓村莊,豐茂的草樹,無盡的山光水色,欸乃的漁舟,點綴出一片恬適的、令人神往的山居景色。詩意出自唐庚「醉眠詩」:「山靜似太古,日長如小年。」&*Dwelling in the Mountains in Summer Ch’en Shu(1660-1736) Ch’ing Dynasty Ch’en Shu (sobriquet Shang-yüan-ti-tzu, and in her later years Nan-lou-lao-jen), was a painter from Hsiu-shui, Chekiang. She married Ch’ien Lun-kuang, and their eldest son, Ch’en-chun, became an important official. Because of her son’s stature, Ch’en Shu was awarded the title of T’ai-shu-jen. She was skilled at depicting birds-and-flowers, grasses-and-insects, landscapes, and figures. In her landscapes she followed the Yüan painter Wang Meng (1308-1385) and was able to master his ink methods. In the use of color, she introduced new ideas and did not depend on set patterns. In this scroll she used a fine and delicate brush and bright tones to depict the heat of the summer sun on the villages, luxuriant grasses and trees, far-reaching mountains and streams with fishing boats; thereby bringing out the pleasurable qualities of the scene and permitting the viewer to visit vicariously this mountain dwelling scene. The poetic theme here is based on T’ang Keng’s line which reads, ”The mountains are as quiet as antiquity; Each day as long as a year.”