趙元長,字慮善,四川人,生卒年不詳。原任職後蜀為靈台官,負責繪畫星宿緯象天文圖。太祖乾德三年(西元九六五年),後蜀滅亡,隨蜀主歸宋,被召入圖畫院當祇候。擅長畫花鳥、佛道人物。 本幅冊頁,左邊花葉間有「元長」的款印。以字蹟看,像是後人添加上去的。但梅花山雀畫法很古,近似宋代院畫風格。&*Chao Yuan-ch'ang, whose style name is Lu-shan, was from Szechuan. It was not known precisely when he lived. As an official during the Posterior Shu, he was responsible for paintings of the stars and astronomy. In 965, after the defeat of Shu, he followed the Shu emperor to Sung. He became a court academy painter, and was skillful in the rendition of birds and flowers, and Buddhist and Taoist figures. On the left edge of this album leaf are inscribed the characters “Yuan-chang”. It appears as if this were added later, yet the style of the composition seems ancient and has the flavor of a Sung dynasty court painting.&*石渠寶笈三編(延春閣),第六冊,頁2544-2545&*故宮書畫錄(卷六),第四冊,頁245-246