文徵明(西元年一四七○-一五五九)江蘇長洲人,文信公後裔。初名壁,字徵明,後以字行,更字徵仲,號停雲生、衡山。畫師沈周,書畫雙絕,為明四大家之一。文氏享年九十,高齡健碩,猶孜孜於書畫,故作品傳世頗多。本幅畫蕉石盆景,幅上題詠甚多,道出畫題來源。如就畫賞畫,綠蕉白石古盆,相映成趣,彌覺可愛。款署壬辰(一五三二)亦脫境之筆。本幅為黃君璧先生捐贈。 &* Wen Cheng-ming was a native of Chiang-chou, Kiangsu. He is known for his excellence both in calligraphy and painting. He learned painting from Shen Chou, and like his teacher, Wen Cheng-ming is known as one of the Four Masters of the Ming. Wen Cheng-ming lived to be ninety years old. Throughout his life he diligently practiced painting and calligraphy, and for this reason his extant works are numerous. This painting portrays a banana plant and a rock in a pot. Inscriptions on the painting are extremely numerous, and from them we learn the origin of the subject matter of the painting. The painting was made in 1532 when the artist was sixty-two years old. This painting was presented to the museum by Huang Chün-pi. &*文徵明(西元一四七○—一五五九年),長洲(今江蘇蘇州)人,文信公後裔。初名壁,字徵明,後以字行,更字徵仲,號停雲生、衡山。畫師沈周,書畫雙絕,為明四大家之一。文氏享年九十,高齡健碩,猶孜孜於書畫,故作品傳世頗多。 本幅為黃君璧先生捐贈,畫蕉石盆景,幅上題詠甚多,道出畫題來源。畫中綠蕉、白石、古盆相映成趣,彌覺可愛。款署壬辰(一五三二),是年文氏六十三歲。 &*Wen Zhengming, a native of Changzhou (modern Suzhou, Kiangsu), was a descendant of Wen Xingong. Originally named Bi and style name Zhengming, he later went by his style name and took another one, Zhengzhong, along with the sobriquets Tingyunsheng and Hengshan. In painting, he followed Shen Zhou, coming to excel at this art form and calligraphy and being recognized as one of the Four Ming Masters. Wen Zhengming lived to be nearly 90 and still in good health in his advanced years, diligently doing painting and calligraphy. This accounts for the large number of his surviving works. This painting, donated to the National Palace Museum by Mr. Huang Chun-pi, depicts a banana plant and a stone in a pot. Many inscriptions of poetry appear on the work, and from them we learn the origin of the subject matter here. The green banana leaves, white rock, and archaic pot contrast in an interesting manner for an appealing effect. The inscription is dated to the equivalent of 1532, when Wen was 63 by Chinese reckoning.