石渠寶笈初編(御書房),下冊,頁938&*故宮書畫錄(卷一),第一冊,頁107&*文徵明(西元一四七0-一五五九年),江蘇蘇州人。初名壁,四十二歲後以字行,改字徵仲。因祖籍湖南,故自號衡山居士。學書於李應禎,並廣泛臨習前代名跡,終能兼擅各體書法。傳世者以行草居多,論者謂其行筆得力於蘇(軾)、黃(庭堅)、米(芾)及「聖教序」,結體蒼潤,宛若風舞瓊花,泉鳴竹澗。 根據款識,此卷始作於嘉靖乙未(一五三五),費時年餘乃成。全卷以楷、草、隸、篆四體書千字文,筆鋒挺秀,法度嚴謹純熟。 &* Wen Cheng-ming was a native of Suchou, Kiangsu. Originally named Pi, he went by his style name Cheng-ming after the age of 40. Since his ancestors came from Hunan, he also went by the sobriquet Heng-shan chu-shih. He learned calligraphy from Li Ying-chen and broadened his knowledge by copying the works of the ancient masters, gaining a firm foothold in all the script types. Most of his surviving works, however, are in running script. Critics have written that Wen combined the best of the styles from Su Shih (1036-1101), Huang T’ing-chien (1045-1105), Mi Fu (1052-1107) and the Sheng-chiao preface to create rich and hoary strokes that bend like in the wind and dance like flowers, flowing like a stream through bamboo. According to the inscription on this handscroll, it was begun in 1542 and was not finished until seven years later. The scroll is a transcription of the “Thousand-character Essay.” Here, the regular, cursive, clerical, and seal script types have been employed. The brushwork is decisive yet elegant, and the style is mature and well-formed. &*1.江兆申,〈文徵明書四體千字文 卷〉,收入國立故宮博物院編,《吳派畫九十年展》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,1975年初版,1976年再版,1981年三版),頁311。