石渠寶笈初編(御書房),下冊,頁1165&*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁568&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十二冊,頁227-228&* 超揆和尚(西元十七世紀),江蘇長洲人。俗姓文,名果,字輪菴。為文徵明後裔,震亨之子。嘗佐桑格總戎平定滇亂,得官不仕,棄而出家。聖祖南巡,迎駕有功,召入北京,賜塔玉泉山,卒謚文覺禪師。 工詩畫,所畫山水,構思造景皆能別開生面,且多寫平生遊歷之名山異境。本幅寫杜牧七絕詩意。 &*Inspired by a Poem of Tu Mu Ch'ao-k'uei (17th century) Ch'ing Dynasty Ch'ao-k'uei, who came from Ch'ang-chou in Kiangsu province, was a monk who lived during the end of the Ming and beginning of the Ch'ing dynasty. In secular life his surname was Wen, his name Kuo, and his style name Lun-an. He was a descendant of the great Ming painting master Wen Cheng-ming. He helped Sang Ko in the suppression of disorders in Yunnan, but instead of serving in the office which he was granted, he became a monk. Ch'ao-k'uei attracted the attention of the K'ang-his Emperor (r. 1662-1772) during one of his southern tours of inspection, and was summoned to Peking, where the emperor built a pagoda for him at Mt. Yü-ch'üan. He was granted the posthumous title "Ch'an Master Wen-chüeh." He was both a poet and painter, his landscapes revealing a style of composition which is immediately distinctive. Many of his works depict famous or unusual mountain scenery which he visited during his life. The present work was inspired by a poem by the T'ang dynasty poet Tu Mu.