石渠寶笈續編(乾清宮),第一冊,頁513&*故宮書畫錄(卷六),第四冊,頁211&*1.王耀庭,〈李迪秋卉草蟲〉,收入國立故宮博物院編輯委員會編,《草蟲畫特展圖錄》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,1986年初版),頁65。 2.劉芳如,〈中國古畫裡的草蟲世界 — 「草蟲天地」特展介紹(下)〉,《故宮文物月刊》,第221期(2001年8月),頁98。 &*李迪(十二世紀)是河南孟縣人,南、北宋之間,曾先後任職於宮廷畫院。花鳥、草蟲、犬貓等題材,均非常擅長。本幅選自「宋元集繪」冊。畫葉稍上,螳螂高舉雙臂, 想要捕食金龜子,金龜子適時察覺了,立即振翅飛起。螳螂撲了個空,只好無奈地回首悵望。幅中展翅的金龜子,雖然結構不盡合理,但是畫家對於昆蟲界裡,追逐與逃脫的生死瞬間,依舊刻畫得扣人心弦。&*Li Ti, a native of Honan province, served in the painting academy of the Northern and Southern Sung courts. He specialized at such themes as birds and flowers, plants and insects, and dogs and cats. This work, from the album “Collected Sung and Yüan Paintings”, depicts the tip of some plants, where a mantis with forelegs raised has caught sight of a beetle. The beetle, having sensed imminent danger, has taken flight and departs the scene. The mantis, empty-handed, appears to look back in disappointment. The beetle here differs from the way it would actually look in flight. The artist, nonetheless still familiar with the insect world, made up for this by capturing the viewer’s attention with this dramatic scene of life and death.&*畫面左下方枝葉空隙處有「李迪」款。據《南宋院畫錄》記載,李迪(十二世紀)是河南孟縣人,曾任職於徽宗朝的畫院;靖康之變時亦南遷,在高宗(1127-1162)、孝宗(1163-1189)、光宗(1190-1194)朝服務,為南宋早期宮廷花鳥竹石的代表畫家之一。此作最精彩的部分應屬色彩的表現,讓人幾乎忘了昆蟲追逐與逃脫、生死瞬間的緊張,而陶醉在花葉與昆蟲散出的撩人感官魅力。(20101015)&*In the space between the leaves and stems in the lower left part of this painting is a signature that reads, “Li Di.” According to an entry in Record of the Southern Song Painting Academy, Li Di was a native of Mengxian in Henan and served originally in the Painting Academy under Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song. Fleeing south after the Jingkang Incident, he resumed service at the Southern Song courts of Emperors Gaozong (r. 1127-1162), Xiaozong (r. 1163-1189), and Guangzong (r. 1190-1194). He was a representative painter in bird-and-flower and bamboo-and-rock themes at the early Southern Song court. Perhaps the most fascinating part of this painting is the expression of color, which almost seems to make the viewer overlook the pursuit and flight of the insects in this tense, split-second scene of life and death in the insect world. Viewers are thus apt to be intoxicated by the fascination and feeling of the interaction of leaves, blossoms, and insects instead.(20101015)