秘殿珠林三編(乾清宮),頁64&*故宮書畫錄(卷八),第四冊,頁59&*故宮書畫圖錄,第二冊,頁217-218&*陳居中,寧宗嘉泰(西元一二0一—一二0四年)畫院待詔。工畫人物,亦擅蕃族人馬。元柯九思推許陳氏之番馬畫,不亞於宣和番馬名家黃宗道。 牛行緩緩,背覆綿韉,上置蓮座,座上有一如來結跏趺坐,神態莊嚴而安祥。韉上紋飾、蓮座華瓣悉皆描畫精細。牛形壯健,俊偉豐圓,兩眼凝視。若據畫上之乾隆題記,此佛乃為無量壽佛,然此如來手持一鉢,其恐為釋迦而非無量壽佛。&*Ch'en Chu-chung was a Painter- in -Attendant in the Imperial Painting Academy during the Chia-'t'ai era (1201- 1204). He was noted for his figure painting as well as his painting on nomadic horses beings as good as those done by Huang Tsung-tao, who was a renowned painter of Mongolian horses during the Hsuan-ho reign (1119-1125). Slowly an ox covered with an embroidered sabble cloth moves forward. Above the saddle cloth is a lotus pedestal on which is a Tathāgata seated with two legs crossed together. Both the designs on the cloth and the petals of the lotus pedestal are drawn in great detail. The ox is strong, stout, full and rounded. His eyes gaze fixedly. According to Emperor Ch'ien-lung's inscription on the painting, the Buddha is identified as Amitābha; however, he carries a begging bowl in his hand, this Buddha thus probably represents Śākyamuni rather than Amitābha.