Tilling Rice, after Lou Shou 摹樓璹〈耕作圖〉

Item

Title

Tilling Rice, after Lou Shou 摹樓璹〈耕作圖〉

Description

Artist Inscriptions: attributed to Cheng Qi 程棨 (active second-half 13th century) Twenty-one
poems (8x5) by Lou Shou 樓璹 (1090–1162).6 Each poem is written in a discretely
delineated panel that precedes the scene to which it relates.
Each: Title, plus 4 columns, seal script. Transcription by unknown calligrapher in standard
script at right. (Note: Whenever possible, the transcription below follows the seal script text)
1. Jinzhong 浸種 (soaking the seeds)
谿頭夜雨足,門外春水生,筠藍浸淺碧,嘉榖抽新萌。西疇將有事,耒耜隨晨興,隻雞祭
勾芒,再拜祈秋成。
2. Geng 耕 (ploughing)
東皋弌犁雨,布榖初催耕,綠野暗春曉,烏犍苦肩赬。 我銜勸農字,杖策東郊行
,永懷歷山下,法事關聖情。
3. Ba 杷 (raking)
雨笠冒宿霧,風簑擁春寒,破塊得甘澍 7
,齧塍浸微瀾。 泥深四蹏重,日莫兩股酸
,謂彼牛後人,著鞭無作難。
4. Chao 耖 (harrowing)
脫絝下田中,盎漿著塍尾,巡行徧畦畛,扶耖均泥滓。 遲遲春日斜,稍稍樵歌起,
薄莫佩牛歸,共浴前谿水。
5. Ludu 碌碡 (rolling)
力田巧機事,利器由心匠,翩翩轉圜樞,衮衮鳴翠浪。三春欲盡頭,萬頃帄如掌,漸暄牛
已喘,長懷丙丞相。
6. Buyang 布秧 (sowing)
舊榖發新穎,梅黃雨生肥,下田初播殖,却行手奮揮。
明朝望帄疇,綠鍼刺風漪,審此弌寸根,行作合穗期。
7. Yuyin 淤蔭 (fertilizing)
殺艸聞吳兒,灑灰傳自祖,田田皆沃壤,泫泫流膏乳。 塍頭烏啄泥,谷口鳩喚雨
,敢朢稼如雲,工夫蓋如許。
8. Bayang 拔秧 (uprooting)
新秧初出水,渺渺翠琰齊,清晨且拔擢,父子爭提攜。旣沐青滿握,再櫛根無泥,及時趁
芒種,散著畦東西。
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9. Chayang 插秧 (transplanting)
晨雨麥秋潤,午風槐夏涼,谿南與谿北,嘯歌插新秧。拋擲不停手,左右無亂行,我將教
秧馬,代勞民莫忘。
10. Yiyun 弌耘 (initial weeding)
時雨旣已降,良苗日懷新,去艸如去惡,務令盡陳根。
泥蟠任犢鼻,厀行生浪紋,眷惟聖天子,黨亦思鳥耘 8

11. Eryun 弍耘 (second weeding)
解衣日炙背,戴笠汗濡首,敢辭冒炎蒸,但欲去莨莠。壺漿與簞食,亭午來餉婦,要兒知
稼穡,豈曰事攜帅。
12. Sanyun 弎耘 (third weeding)
農田亦甚劬,三復事耘秄,經秊苦艱食,喜見苗薿薿。 老農念弌飽,對此出饞水
,願天均雨晹,滿野如雲委。
13. Guangai 灌溉 (irrigating) 揠苗鄙宋人,抱罋慙蒙莊,何如銜尾鴉,倒流竭池塘。
囗 9稏舞翠浪,蘧蒢生晝涼,斜陽耿衰柳,笑歌閒女郎。
14. Shouyi 收刈 (harvesting)
田家刈穫時,腰鎌競倉卒,霜濃手龜坼,日永息罄折。
兒童行拾穗,風色凌短褐,歡呼荷檐歸,朢朢屋山月。
15. Dengchang 登場 (stacking)
禾黍已登場,稍覺農事優,黃雲滿高架,白水空西疇。用此可卒歲,願言免防秋,太帄本
無象,村舍炊煙浮。
16. Chisui 持穗 (threshing)
霜時天氣佳,風勁木葉脫,持穗及此時,連枷聲亂發。
黃雞啄遺粒,烏鳥喜聒聒,歸家抖塵埃,夜屋燒榾柮。
17. Boyang 簸揚 (winnowing)
臨風細揚簸,糠粃零風歬,傾瀉雨聲碎,把翫玉粒圜。
短帬箕帚婦,收拾亦已專,豈圖較斗升,未敢忘凶秊。
18. Long 礲 (hulling) 推挽人摩肩,展轉石礪齒,
殷牀作春靁,旋風落雲子。
有如布山川,部婁勢相峙,歬持斗量珠,滿眼俄有此。
19. Chongdui 舂碓 (grinding)
娟娟月過牆,簌簌風吹葉,田家當此時,村舂響相荅。行聞炊玉香,會見流匙滑,更須水
轉輪,地碓勞蹴蹋。
20. Si 籭 (sifting)
茅檐閒杵臼,竹屋細籭簸,照人珠琲光,奮臂風雨過。計功初不淺,飽食良自賀,西鄰華
屋兒,醉飽正高臥。
21. Rucang 入倉 (storing)
天寒牛在牢,歲暮粟入庾,田父有餘樂,炙背臥檐廡。
却愁催賦租,胥吏來旁午,輸官王事了,索飯兒叫怒。
[Poems not translated.]
Signature: none
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Date: none
Seals: (2) – Cheng Qi 程棨 (active second-half 13th century)
Yifu『儀甫』(rectangle relief) – painting 21/colophon 1, paper join
Suizhai『隨齋』(square relief) – painting 21/colophon 1, paper join

Source

https://asia.si.edu/object/F1954.21

Creator

Cheng Qi (attributed to) (傳) 程棨

annotates

Outside label slip: Hongli 弘曆, the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (1711–1799; reigned 1735–96)
Eight characters, running script
程棨《摹樓璹耕作圖》
Tilling Rice, after Lou Shou, by Cheng Qi
Seal: (1)
Wan you tongchun『卍有同春』(square relief) – (1/3)
Mounting silk 1: Beige silk with phoenix and cloud motif. Stained. With teo (2) imperial
seals half on Frontispiece 1.
Frontispiece 1: Hongli 弘曆, the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (1711–1799; reigned 1735–96)1
Ink on paper. Dimensions: 32.4 x 48.5 cm (12-3/4 x 19-1/8 in)
24 columns, running script
向蔣溥進劉松年《蠶織圖》,自序卷首,其蹟已入《石渠寶笈》矣。茲得松年《耕作圖》
,觀其筆法,與《蠶織圖》相類。因以二卷參較之,則紙幅長短、畫篆體格,悉無弗合。
《耕圖》卷後,姚式跋云,『《耕織圖》二卷,文簡程公曾孫棨儀甫繪而篆之』。《織圖
》卷後,趙子俊跋亦云,『每節小篆,皆隨齋手題』。今兩卷押縫,皆有『儀甫』、『隨
齋』二印,其為程棨摹樓璹圖本并書其詩無疑。細觀圖內『松年筆』三字,腕力既弱,復
無印記,蓋後人妄以松年有曾進《耕織圖》之事,從而傅會之,而未加深考,致以訛傳訛
耳。至《耕圖》『紹興』小璽,則又作偽者不知棨為元時人,誤添蛇足矣。又考兩卷題跋
,姚式而外諸人,皆每卷分題,則二卷在當時本相屬附,後乃分佚單行,故《耕圖》有項
元汴收藏諸印記,而《織圖》則無,可以騐其離合之由矣。今既為延津之合,因命同篋襲
弆,置諸御園多稼軒。軒之北為貴織山堂,皆皇考御額,所以重農桑而示後世也。昔皇祖
題《耕織圖》,泐板行世。今得此佳蹟合并,且有關重民衣食之本,亦將勒之貞石,以示
家法於有永。因考其源委,並識兩卷中,兼用璹韻題圖隙。至原書及偽欵,仍存其舊,蓋
所重在訂證覈實前此之誤,固不必為之文飾,亦瑕瑜不揜之道也。已丑上元後五日,御筆

Previously Jiang Pu [1708–1761] presented Liu Songnian’s Weaving Silk [to the throne] and [wrote] a preface at the beginning of the scroll, which indeed has already been entered in the Shiqu
baoji [catalogue of the imperial collection].2 Now We have acquired [Liu] Songnian’s Tilling Rice,
and its brushwork is observably quite similar to that of Weaving Silk. Upon further comparison of
the two scrolls, the dimensions of their paper as well as the styles of both their painting and seal
script [inscriptions] are entirely identical. At the end of the Tilling scroll, the colophon by Yao Shi
[see below, colophon 2] says, ―[Cheng] Qi, [courtesy name] Yifu, who was the great-grandson
of Duke Cheng Wenjian [Cheng Lin, 988-1056],3 painted [the illustrations] for the two scrolls
Tilling and Weaving and [wrote out the poems] in seal script,‖ while at the end of the Weaving
scroll, the colophon by Zhao Zijun [Zhao Mengyu, active 1290s–1330s] says, ―each passage of
seal script was written by the hand of Suizhai.‖ Now, as the paper joins [between the last illustration
and first colophon] of each scroll bear [impressions of the same] two seals reading Yifu and Suizhai,
there can be no doubt that it was Cheng Qi, who made [these] copies after Lou Shou’s
compositions and wrote out the poems. Upon closely examining the three-character [artist
signatures] on both paintings, reading ―brushed by [Liu] Songnian,‖ [one finds that] the writing
is quite weak and there are none of [Liu’s] seal impressions, so it is probable that some later
person— without making any deeper investigation [of the facts]—fallaciously added [the
signatures] to accord with the story that [Liu] Songnian had once presented the paintings Tilling
and Weaving [to the throne], thus perpetuating one falsehood through another. As for the small
[Song dynasty] imperial seal reading Shaoxing that appears on Tilling, this was also [impressed]
because the forger [of the seal] did not know that [Cheng] Qi was a man of the Yuan dynasty, and
so he erroneously ―added feet to the snake.‖ On further investigating the colophons [that appear]
on the two scrolls, all of the writers except Yao Shi separately inscribed each [scroll], so [it is clear
that] the two scrolls were together at some point, but later became separated and circulated
individually, which can be verified by [the fact that] Tilling bears numerous collector seals of
Xiang Yuanbian, while Weaving has none. As the two scrolls have now been [miraculously
reunited as the two swords] at Yan Ford, We have ordered that they be kept together in the same
box, and have placed them in the Duojia Pavilion in the imperial garden [of the Yuanmingyuan
palace]. North of the pavilion is Guizhi Mountain Hall, for which Our Late August Father
[Emperor Yongzheng] personally provided the name tablets, so as to emphasize agriculture and
sericulture and proclaim [their importance] to later generations. In the past, Our Late August
Grandfather [Emperor Kangxi] inscribed [a set of poems] for the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving,
woodblock prints of which are current in the world. Now We have been able to reunite these [two]
beautiful works, and as they concern the fundamentals of clothing and food for the common
people, We shall also have them engraved on stone, thereby proclaiming Our Family Regulations
for eternity. Accordingly, we have investigated [their history] from beginning to end and written
it on both scrolls, and have [composed a set of poems] using
[Lou] Shou’s rhymes to inscribe open spaces among the pictures. As to the original texts and fake
signatures, We shall preserve them as of old, for what is important is to examine the evidence and
establish the facts [to correct] earlier mistakes, and while one must certainly not gloss them over,
it is also a way to not allow such defects to obscure the excellence [of these paintings]. Fifth day
after shangyuan [fifteenth day of the first lunar month] in the yichou year [February 26, 1769],
written by the Emperor.
Signature: 御
the Emperor
Date: 已丑上元後五日
Fifth day after shangyuan [fifteenth day of the first lunar month] in the
yichou year [February 26, 1769]
Seals: (2)
Qian Long『乾』『隆』(linked circle-square relief) – (1/2)
Jixia linchi『幾暇臨池』 4 (square intaglio)
Beige silk with phoenix and cloud motif. Stained. With two (2) large
imperial seals; two (2) imperial seals half on Frontispiece 1, and two (2) imperial seals half on
Frontispiece 2.
Dimensions: 32.4 x 10.5 cm (12-3/4 x 4-1/8 in)
Frontispiece 2: Hongli 弘曆, the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (1711–1799; reigned 1735–96)
Ink on silk. Dimensions: 33.3 x 7.7 cm (13-1/8 x 3-1/16 in)
4 columns, running script
前辨定《耕作》、《蠶織》二圖,為程棨摹自樓璹。第考之卷後姚式諸跋,而知璹原本固
未見也。玆以校輯《永樂大典》載有樓璹《耕織圖》幅數及景若詩,與程卷無弗合,盖足
為考資徵信,因識之。癸巳春閏上澣,御筆。
In front, We established that the two pictures Tilling and Weaving were copied by Cheng Qi
directly from Lou Shou. We had only investigated this through the colophons of Yao Shi and
others at the end of the scroll, and were aware that [Lou] Shou’s original version had definitely
not been seen. Now, in collating and compiling the Yongle dadian (Encyclopedia compiled in the
Yongle reign period), which records both the number of paintings in Lou Shou’s Pictures of Tilling
and Weaving and the poems that go with the scenes, [We find that] there is nothing that does not
entirely agree with Cheng’s scroll, and as this provides sufficient proof to confirm Our [previous]
investigation of the evidence, We record it here. First decade in the intercalary spring month of the
guisi year [April 22–May 1, 1773], written by the Emperor.
Signature: 御
the Emperor
Date: 癸巳春閏上澣
first decade in the intercalary spring month of the guisi year [April 22–May
1, 1773]
Seals: (3)
Jixia yiqing『幾暇怡情』 5 (square intaglio) – (1/2)
De jiaqu『得佳趣』(square intaglio) – (1/2)
Qianlong chenhan『乾隆宸翰』(square relief) – (1/2)
Painting: 10 sheets of paper, with twenty-one scenes of rice cultivation, each
preceded by a poetic inscription in seal script and a transcription in smaller standard script.
Scene 21 bears a spurious undated artist’s signature (on pillar, lower left) of the Southern Song
court painter Liu Songnian 劉松年 (ca. 1150–after 1225), with no seal.
Signature: 松年筆
Brushed by [Liu] Songnian

Other Inscriptions: Hongli 弘曆, the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (1711–1799; reigned 1735–96)
Running script. Twenty-one poems (8x5) using Lou Shou’s rhymes.10 Each poem is
written either in the picture frame of the scene to which it relates, or above the Lou Shou poem it accompanies. Number of columns varies, depending on space and location. Each
text is followed by either one or two Qianlong seals; twenty-three (23) imperial seals total.
1. Jinzhong 浸種 (soaking the seeds)
榖種如人心,其中含生生,韶月開初律,向陽草欲萌。三之日于耜,東作農將興,筠筐浸
春水,次第宛列成。
Seals: (1)
Qian Long『乾』『隆』(linked circle-square relief) – (2/2)
2. Geng 耕 (ploughing)
四之日舉趾,吾民始事耕,驅犍更扶犁,勞哉擬魚赬。水寒猶凍足,不辭來往行,詎作圖
畫觀,真廑宵旰情。
Seals: (1)
Ziyu jingxun『菑畬經訓』(square intaglio)
3. Ba 杷 (raking)
皮衣豈農有,布褐聊禦寒,翻泥仍欲帄,驅耙漾細瀾。率因人力憊,亦知牛股酸,寄語玉
食者,莫忘稼穡難。
Seals: (1)
Chengguan『澂觀』(rectangle relief)
4. Chao 耖 (harrowing)
覆耕不厭勤,塍頭更畛尾,齒長入地深,土細漉成滓。旋旋泥復沈,澄澄波欲起,耖功乃
告竣,方罫鋪清水。
Seals: (1)
Letian『樂天』(circle relief; double dragons)
5. Ludu 碌碡 (rolling)
南木北以石,水陸殊命匠,圜轉籍牛牽,牛蹄踏泥浪。蹄傷領亦穿,乃得田如掌,惟應盡
此勞,遑敢恃有相。
Seals: (2)
Xiuse ru chuangxu『秀色入窗虛』(square intaglio) – (1/2)
Wanyou tongchun『卍有同春』(square relief) – (2/2)
6. Buyang 布秧 (sowing)
浸榖出諸籠,欲拆甲始肥,左腕挾竹筐,撤種右手揮。一畝率三升,均勻布淺漪,新秧雖
未形,苗秀從此期。
Seals: (1)
Yanlu『研露』(rectangle relief) – (1/2)
7. Yuyin 淤蔭 (fertilizing)
既備播農人,有相賴田祖,灰草治疾藥,糞壤益肥乳。攻補兩致勤,仍望以時兩,逮其穎
栗成,辛苦費久許。
Seals: (1)
Kanyun『看雲』(rectangle relief)
8. Bayang 拔秧 (uprooting)
新秧五六寸,刺水綠欲齊,輕拔虞傷根,亞旅共挈携。擔簏歸於舍,以水洗其泥,不越宿
即插,取東移置西。
Seals: (1)
Quyi zai guangqiu『取益在廣求』(square relief) – (1/2)
9. Chayang 插秧 (transplanting)
芒種時已屆,蠶暖麥欲凉,未離水土氣,趂候插穉秧。卻步復伸手,整直分科行,不獨箕
裘然,服疇敢或忘。
Seals: (1)
Xiexin『寫心』(oval intaglio) – (1/2)
10. Yiyun 一耘 (initial weeding)
耕勤種以時,庭碩苗抽新,撮疏鏃後生,稂秕務除根。塍邊更戽水,溉田漾輕紋,胼胝正
爾長,劼劬始一耘。
Seals: (1)
Jingzhong guan zaohua『靜中觀造化』(rectangle relief)
11. Eryun 二耘 (second weeding)
徐進行以滕,熟視俯其首,帄壠有程度,叢底母留莠。簞食與壺漿,肩桃忙弱婦,家中更
無人,携兒遑盧帅。
Seals: (1)
Huixin buyuan『會心不遠』(square intaglio)
12. Sanyun 三耘 (third weeding)
三耕諺曰壅,加細復有耔,漚泥培苗根,嘉苗勃生薿。老農念力作,瓦壺挈涼水,苦熱暢
一飲,畧功戒半委。
Seals: (1)
Moyun『墨雲』(rectangle intaglio)
13. Guan’gai 灌溉 (irrigating) 決水復溉水,農候悉用莊,桔槔取諸井,翻車取諸塘。胥當
盡人力,曝背那乘涼,粒食如是艱,字餅嗤何郎。
Seals: (1)
Zhonghe『中和』(oval relief) – (1/2)
14. Shouyi 收刈 (harvesting)
我榖亦已熟,我工猶未卒,敢學陶淵明,五斗羞腰折。男婦艾田間,秋風侵布褐,秋風尚
可當,最畏冬三月。
Seals: (1)
Jixi you yuxiang『几席有餘香』(rectangle relief)
15. Dengchang 登場 (stacking)
九月築場圃,捆積頗慶優,束囗 11滿新架,糠穗遺舊疇。周雅詠如坻,奄觀黃雲秋,迴顧
溪町間,白水空浮浮。
Seals: (2)
De jiaqu『得佳趣』(square intaglio) – (2/2)
Jixia yiqing 幾暇怡情 (square intaglio) – (2/2)
16. Chisui 持穗 (threshing)
取粒欲離藁,輪耞敲使脫,帄場密布穗,揮霍聲互發。即此幸心慰,寕復厭耳聒,須臾看
遺穅,突然如樹柮。
Seals: (1)
Qiwu『齊物』(rectangle relief)
17. Boyang 簸揚 (winnowing)
禾穗雖已擊,糠粃雜陳前,臨風揚去之,乃餘淨榖圓。憐彼農功細,嘉此農心專,所以九
重上,惕息虔祈年。
Seals: (1)
Luohua mandi jie wenzhang『落華滿地皆文章』(square intaglio) – (1/2)
18. Long 礱 (hulling)
有竹亦有木,胥當排釘齒,其下承以石,磨礱成粒子。轉軸如風鳴,植架擬山峙,不孤三
時勞,幸逢一旦此。
Seals: (2)
Guxiang『古香』(square intaglio)
Langrun『朗潤』(square intaglio)
19. Chongdui 舂碓 (grinding)
溪田無滯穗,秋林有落葉,農夫那得閒,相杵聲互荅。一石舂九斗,精鑿期珠滑,復有水
碓法,轉輪代足踏。
Seals: (1)
Hanhui『含輝』(rectangle relief)
20. Si 籭 (sifting)
織竹為圓筐,疏密殊用簸,疏用礱以前,細用舂已過。筲三弗厭精,登倉近堪賀,力作那
偷閒,誰肯茅簷臥。
Seals: (1)
Liao yi guan shengyi『聊以觀生意』(rectangle intaglio)
21. Rucang 入倉 (storing)
村舍亦有倉,用備供天庾,艱食惜狼戾,蓋覆藉屋廡。背負復肩挑,入厫忙日午,輸賦不
稍遲,恐防租吏怒。
已丑新正,御題。
[Poems not translated.] New year’s day of the jichou year [February 7, 1769], inscribed by the
Emperor.
Signature: 御
the Emperor
Date: 已丑新正
New year’s day of the jichou year [February 7, 1769]
Seals: (1)
Qianlong chenhan『乾隆宸翰』(square relief) – (2/2)
Colophons: (8) – 6 sheets of paper
1. Zhao Mengyu 趙孟籲 (active 1290s–1330s)
Sheet 1: continuously mounted with painting; same paper.
Dimensions: 32.7 x 26.8 cm (12-7/8 x 10-9/16 in)
3 columns, running script
人知求美衣、甘食之奉,而不知衣食之源。其艱難如此,是圖有補於世教為不小。趙子俊
題。
People know to ask for beautiful clothing and fine food, but they do not know the source of the
clothing and food. In such a dire circumstance, the remedial benefit of these pictures to the
teachings of the age is not small. Inscribed by Zhao Zijun.
Signature: 趙子俊
Zhao Zijun
Date: none
Seal: (1)
Zhao shi Zijun『趙氏子俊』(square relief)
Sheets 2–3: Two sheets of paper continuously mounted. Four colophons: Colophons 2–5.
Dimensions: 32.7 x 240.8 cm (12-7/8 x 94-13/16 in).
2. Yao Shi 姚式 (died between 1314–20)
8 columns, running script
右《耕織圖》二卷,《耕》凡二十一事,《織》凡二十四事。事為之圖,繫以五言詩一章
,章八句。四明樓璹當宋高宗時,令臨安於潛所進本也,與《豳風、七月》相表裏。其孫
洪深等,嘗以詩刊諸石。其從子鑰,嘉定間參知政事,為之書丹,且敘其所以。此圖亦有
木本流傳于世。文簡程公曾孫棨儀甫,博雅君子也,繪而篆之,以為家藏,可謂知本。覽
者毋輕視之。吳興姚式書。
At right are the two handscrolls Tilling and Weaving, with Tilling [showing] all together twentyone steps [of production] and Weaving [showing] all together twenty-four steps. Each step has a
[separate] illustration, attached to which is a one-stanza poem in five-character meter, with eight
lines per stanza. This is the composition presented [to the throne] by Lou Shou of Siming, who
was a magistrate of Yuqian [district] in Lin’an [county] during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of
the Song dynasty [reigned 1127–62], and which is entirely consistent with [the subject matter] of
the poem Seventh Month in the Odes of Bin.
12 His grandsons [Lou] Hong and Shen once had the
poems carved into stone, and his nephew [Lou] Yue [1137–1213], who assisted the government
during the Jiading reign period [1208–24], wrote an inscription for it in which he set forth [Lou
Shou’s accomplishments].13 There is also a woodblock version of the illustrations circulating in
the world. [Cheng] Qi, [courtesy name] Yifu, who was the great-grandson of Duke Cheng
Wenjian14 and a man of broad cultivation, painted [the illustrations] and [wrote out the poems] in
seal script for his personal collection, [so this] may be termed a version based on [direct]
knowledge [of the original]. Viewers should not look upon it lightly. Yao Shi of Wuxing.
Signature: 吳興姚式
Yao Shi of Wuxing
Date: none
Seals: (2)
Yao shi Zijing『姚氏子敬』(square relief)
Yun’an『筠菴』(square relief)
3. Qiu Yuan 仇遠 (1247–after 1328)
7 columns, running script. Poem (8x7).
寒耕暑耘農務急,秋收冬藏農事畧,醫瘡剜肉傷田家,終歲辛勤尚無食。城市富豪飽鮮肥
,安知艱難在稼穡,但願年豐如此圖,老作識字耕田夫。
山村老民仇遠。
[Poem not translated.] Old Commoner of Mountain Village, Qiu Yuan.
Signature: 山村老民仇遠
Old Commoner of Mountain Village, Qiu Yuan
Date: none
Seal: (1)
Shancun Qiu Yuan Renjin『山村仇遠仁近』(square relief)
4. Nie Qixiu 聶奇秀 (1250–after 1325)
11 columns, clerical script. Poem (8x7).
餉婦村粧八字眉,鬢邊斜插野花枝,兒驅黃犢雲千畝,夫駕烏犍雨一犁。秋杪刈禾因自嘆
,夏初糶穀有誰知,畫師秪道田家樂,未識吾翁一首詩。 時泰定歲次旃蒙赤奮若中和,
康山聶奇秀拜書。
[Poem not translated.] During zhonghe [the second lunar-month] in the zhanmeng-chifenruo
[yichou] year of the Taiding reign period [March 15–April 13, 1325],15 respectfully written by
Nie
Qixiu of Kangshan.
Signature: 康山聶奇秀
Nie Qixiu of Kangshan
Date: 時泰定歲次旃蒙赤奮若中和
during zhonghe [the second lunar-month] in the zhanmeng-chifenruo
[yichou] year of the Taiding reign period [March 15–April 13, 1325]
Seal: (1)
Nie Qixiu『聶奇秀』(square relief)
5. Chen Huan 陳煥 (unidentified – 14th century?)
5 columns, running script. Poem (4x7). 三時不害生意足,千載豳風落橫軸,南陽
莘野真吾師,悔不賣書買黃犢。
尋陽陳煥
[Poem not translated.] Chen Huan of Xunyang.
Signature: 尋陽陳煥
Chen Huan of Xunyang
Date: none
Seals: (3)
Zhenyijia Chen Huan yin『真逸家陳煥印』(square relief)
Zhangbo『章伯』(square intaglio)
Xiaogu daoren『肖谷道人』(square relief)
Sheets 4–5. Sheet 4 is an intermediate strip of paper with no writing. Sheet 5 bears one
colophon. Dimensions: 32.7 x 86.1 cm (12-7/8 x 33-7/8 in)
6. Wu Wei 吳煟 (unidentified – 14th century?)
5 columns, running script. 古今無聲之詩,充棟汗牛腰 16矣。此卷一出,它卷可
略,蓋『王者以民為天,民以食為天』,故也。『惜也,古無不畊之士,而今有不
畊之農』。覽是卷者,寧不有感於斯?山中癡翁吳煟。
From antiquity to the present, [there are enough] ―soundless poems‖ [i.e., paintings] to fill [a
house] to the rafters and make bullocks [pulling a cart] break into sweat. But once this scroll is
brought forth, all the other scrolls can be ignored, for ―the king considers the people to be
supreme, and the people consider food to be supreme.‖17―What a pity! In antiquity every
gentlemen used to till, but now there are even farmers who do not!‖18 How could anyone looking
at this scroll not be moved by this? Crazy Old Man in the Mountans, Wu Wei.19
Signature: 山中癡翁吳煟
Crazy Old Man in the Mountans, Wu Wei
Date: none
Seals: none
7. Fan Qi 范奇 (1261–after 1341)
16 columns, running script
蠶理始帝軒西陵氏,衣被寰海,惠及生民,功與天地相為終窮。政尓弗出孫卿五榖 20之外
,林林摠摠,囿於造化中而不知也。繪此圖者,愈不知也。遜齋劉君景雋得此圖而弆之,
謂不知不可也。人間世古今圖畫之多,遽數之不能終其物,而景俊獨於《畊》、《織》二
圖,寶之如天球拱璧。于以見其務本之學也,漫 21當凉天佳日,拂几塵白閒,取古狻猊炳
、鷓鴣敤。大展此軸,讀吾跋語而印之,必能為予拍案大噱曰:唉!芸邊老人范奇八十一
歲書。
[Not translated.] Written by Yunbian laoren Fan Qi in his eighty-first year.
Signature: 芸邊老人范奇
Yunbian laoren Fan Qi
Date: none (1341?)
Seals: (3)
Lu x-x『盧□□』(square relief)
Jingmen Xunyang Fan shi Shiqi Daosheng fu yin『旌門潯陽范氏士奇道
升父印』(square relief)
Yunxuan『芸軒』(square relief)
8. Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 (1525–1590)
Sheet 6: far left end of scroll. Dimensions: 32.6 x 5.4 cm (12-13/16 x 2-1/8 in) 2
columns, standard script
宋秘府收藏劉松年《耕耨圖》二十品。明墨林山人項元汴真賞。其值壹百貳拾金。
The Picture of Plowing and Hoeing, with twenty22 illustrations by Liu Songnian [ca. 1150–after
1225], from the Song imperial collection. Xiang Yuanbian, [hao] Molin shanren, of the Ming
dynasty truly appreciates it. Its price was 120 in gold.
Signature: 墨林山人項元汴真
Xiang Yuanbian, [hao] Molin shanren
Date: none
Seals: (4)
Songlisheng『嵩笠生』(square intaglio) – (1/5)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – (1/13)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – (1/21)
Zijing zhenmi『子京珍祕』(rectangle relief) – (7/7)

Abstract

330 Total
1. Emperor Gaozong of the Song 宋高宗 (1107–1187; reigned 1127–62) – (21) – fake23
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 1, lower right – (1/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 2, lower right – (2/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 3, lower right – (3/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 4, lower right – (4/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 5, lower right – (5/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 6, lower right – (6/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 7, lower right – (7/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 8, lower right – (8/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 9, lower right – (9/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 10, lower right – (10/21) Shaoxing『紹
興』(linked square relief) – poem 11, lower right – (11/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 12, lower right – (12/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 13, lower right – (13/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 14, lower right – (14/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 15, lower right – (15/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 16, lower right – (16/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 17, lower right – (17/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – painting 18, lower right – (18/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 19, lower right – (19/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 20, lower right – (20/21)
Shaoxing『紹興』(linked square relief) – poem 21, lower right – (21/21)
2. Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 (1525–1590) – (230)
Tianlaige『天籟閣』(rectangle relief) – frontispiece 2/painting join, middle – (1/3)
Xiang shi Zijing『項氏子京』(rectangle intaglio) – frontispiece 2/painting join, middle –
(1/9)
Taohuayuanli renjia『桃花源裏人家』(rectangle relief) – frontispiece 2/painting join,
middle – (1/5)
Xiang shuzi『項叔子』(square intaglio) – frontispiece 2/painting join, bottom
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji 『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
1, upper right – (1/21)
Yinju fangyan『隱居放言』(square intaglio) – poem 1, lower right – (1/3)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(rectangle relief) – poem 1, mid right – (1/18)
Zijing fu yin『子京父印』(square relief) – poem 1, mid right – (1/8)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – poem 1, lower right
– (1/19)
Gongbao shijia『宮保世家』(square intaglio) – poem 1, lower right
Tuimi『退密』(gourd relief) – poem 1, upper left
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – poem 1, lower left –
(2/21)
Zijing suocang『子京所藏』(square intaglio) – painting 1, lower right – (1/4)
Zisun yongbao『子孫永保』(square intaglio) – painting 1, upper left – (1/6)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 1, upper left –
(3/21)
Zisun yongbao『子孫永保』(square intaglio) – painting 1, lower left – (2/6)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – painting 1, lower left
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 2,
upper right – (2/21)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – poem 2, lower left – (3/13)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – poem 2, lower left –
(4/21)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 2, upper right – (1/21)
Zijing suocang『子京所藏』(square intaglio) – painting 2, upper right – (2/4)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – painting 2, upper
right
– (2/19)
Songlisheng『嵩笠生』(square intaglio) – painting 2, paper join 1, top – (2/5)
Xiang shi Zijing『項氏子京』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 2, paper join 1, bottom –
(2/9)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – painting 2, upper left – (4/13)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(rectangle relief) – painting 2, lower left – (2/18)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 3,
upper right – (3/21)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – poem 3, lower right –
(1/12)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – poem 3, lower left – (3/18)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 3, upper right – (2/21)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – painting 3, upper
right
– (3/19)
Zijing fu yin『子京父印』(square relief) – painting 3, lower right – (2/8)
Xiang shuzi『項叔子』(square intaglio) – painting 3, lower right – (2/6)
Molinzi『墨林子』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 3, lower left – (1/4)
Xiang Zijing jia zhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 3, lower left –
(5/21)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
4, upper right – (4/21)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – poem 4, lower left
– (4/19)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 4, upper right – (3/21)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 4, upper right –
(6/21)
Molin shanren『墨林山人』(square intaglio) – painting 4, lower right – (1/9)
Shenqi『神奇』(linked square relief/intaglio) – painting 4, top left – (1/3)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square intaglio) – painting 4, lower left – (1/8)
Qulu『蘧廬』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 4, paper join 2, top – (1/2)
Zijing zhenmi『子京珍祕』(rectangle relief) – painting 4, paper join 2, middle – (1/7)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – poem 5, lower right –
(2/12)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 5,
upper left – (5/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – poem 5, lower left – (4/18)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 5, upper right – (4/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 5, upper right – (5/18)
Tianchou gengnou『田疇耕耨』(square intaglio) – painting 5, upper right – (1/2)
Molin Xiang Jizi zhang『墨林項季子章』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 5, center right –
(1/3)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 5, upper left – (6/18)
Zijing fu yin『子京父印』(square relief) – painting 5, lower left – (3/8)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – painting 5, lower
left
– (5/19)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – poem 6, lower right –
(3/12)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 6,
upper left – (6/21)
Xiang shi Zijing『項氏子京』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 6, lower left – (3/9)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 6, upper right – (5/21)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – painting 6, upper
right
– (6/19)
Molin Xiang Jizi zhang『墨林項季子章』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 6, lower right –
(2/3)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief ) – painting 6, upper left – (7/18)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief ) – painting 6, lower
left
– (7/19)
Songlisheng『嵩笠生』(square intaglio) – painting 6, paper join 3, top – (3/5)
Taohuayuanli renjia『桃花源裏人家』(rectangle relief) – painting 6, paper join 3,
middle
– (2/5)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – poem 7, lower right –
(4/12)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 7,
upper left – (7/21)
Xiang shuzi『項叔子』(square intaglio) – poem 7, lower left – 3/6
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 7, upper right – (6/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief ) – painting 7, upper right – (8/18)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – painting 7, lower
right
– (8/19)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 7, upper left – (9/18)
Xiang Zijing jia zhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 7, lower left –
(7/21)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – poem 8, lower right

(9/19)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 8,
upper left – (8/21)
Zijing zhenmi『子京珍祕』(rectangle relief) – poem 8, lower left – (2/7)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 8, upper right – (7/21)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 8, upper right –
(8/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 8, lower right – (10/18)
Zijing fu yin『子京父印』(square relief) – painting 8, upper left – (4/8)
Pingsheng zhenshang『帄生眞賞』(square relief) – painting 8, upper left – (1/2)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 8, mid left – (11/18)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang 『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – poem 9, lower right –
(5/12)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 9,
upper left – (9/21)
Molin shanren 『墨林山人』(square intaglio) – painting 9, lower right – (2/9)
Ju Ni zhi chou『沮溺之儔』(square intaglio) – painting 9, paper join 4, lower middle
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 9, upper right – (8/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 9, upper right – (12/18)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – painting 9, lower right – (5/13)
Molinzi『墨林子』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 9, upper left – (2/4)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 9, upper left –
(9/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – poem 10, upper right – (13/18)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – poem 10, lower
right
– (10/19)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
10, upper left – (10/21)
Zijing zhenmi『子京珍祕』(rectangle relief) – poem 10, lower left – (3/7)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 10, upper right – (9/21)
Xiang shi Zijing『項氏子京』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 10, upper right – (4/9)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – painting 10, lower right – (6/13)
Zijing fu yin『子京父印』(square relief) – painting 10, upper left – (5/8)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – poem 11, lower right

(6/12)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
11, upper left – (11/21)
Zijing『子京』(gourd relief) – poem 11, lower left – (1/3)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square intaglio) – poem 11, paper join 5, top – (2/8)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 11, upper right – (10/21)
Molin shanren『墨林山人』(square intaglio) – painting 11, upper right – (3/9)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – painting 11, lower right – (7/13)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square intaglio) – painting 11, top left – (3/8)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 11, upper left –
(10/21)
Molin shanren『墨林山人』(square intaglio) – poem 12, lower right – (4/9)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
12, upper left – (12/21)
Zisun yongbao『子孫永保』(square intaglio) – poem 12, lower left – (3/6)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 12, upper right – (11/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 12, upper right – (14/18)
Molin shanren『墨林山人』(square intaglio) – painting 12, lower right – (5/9)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – painting 12, upper
left
– (11/19)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – poem 13, lower right
– (7/12)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
13, upper left – (13/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square intaglio) – poem 13, lower left – (4/8)
Yaofeng『堯封』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 13, paper join 6, top
Xiang shi Zijing『項氏子京』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 13, paper join 6, bottom – (5/9)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 13, upper right – (12/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 13, lower right – (15/18)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – painting 13, upper left – (8/13)
Zijing fu yin『子京父印』(square relief) – painting 13, lower left – (6/8)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – poem 14, lower right –
(11/21)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
14, upper left – (14/21)
Molin shanren『墨林山人』(square intaglio) – poem 14, lower left – (6/9)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 14, upper right – (13/21)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – painting 14, upper
right
– (12/19)
Zijing『子京』(gourd relief) – painting 14, lower right – (2/3)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 14, upper left –
(12/21)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
15, upper right – (15/21)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – poem 15, lower
right
– (13/19)
Molin shanren『墨林山人』(square intaglio) – poem 15, upper left – (7/9)
Zijing fu yin『子京父印』(square relief) – poem 15, lower left – (7/8)
Shenqi『神奇』(linked square relief/intaglio) – poem 15, paper join 7, middle – (2/3)
Xiang shi Zijing『項氏子京』(square intaglio) – poem 15, paper join 7, bottom – (6/9)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 15, upper right – (14/21)
Zijing zhenmi『子京珍祕』(rectangle relief) – painting 15, upper right – (4/7)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 15, lower right – (16/18)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – painting 15, upper left – (17/18)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – painting 15, lower left – (9/13)
Xiang shuzi『項叔子』(square intaglio) – painting 15, lower left – (4/6)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – poem 16, lower right –
(13/21)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
16, upper left – (16/21)
Zisun yongbao『子孫永保』(square intaglio) – poem 16, lower left – (4/6)
Bird image (round relief) – poem 16, paper join 8, top
Xiang shi Zijing『項氏子京』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 16, paper join 8, bottom – (7/9)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 16, upper right – (15/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square intaglio) – painting 16, upper right – (5/8)
Zijing fu yin『子京父印』(square relief) – painting 16, lower right – (8/8)
Zijing『子京』(gourd relief) – painting 16, upper left – (3/3)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – painting 16, lower left

(8/12)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) poem 17, lower right –
(14/21)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
17, upper left – (17/21)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief ) – poem 17, lower left – (10/13)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – painting 17, upper right – (16/21)
Xiang shi Zijing『項氏子京』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 17, upper right – (8/9)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – painting 17, lower
right
– (14/19)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square intaglio) – painting 17, upper left – (6/8)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 17, lower left –
(15/21)
Songlisheng『嵩笠生』(square intaglio) – poem 18, paper join 9, top – (4/5)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square intaglio) – poem 18, paper join 9, bottom –
(7/8)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square relief) – poem 18, paper join 9, bottom –
(18/18)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – poem 18, upper right – (17/21)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
18, upper right – (18/21)
Zijing suocang『子京所藏』(square intaglio) – poem 18, lower left – (3/4)
Tianlaige『天籟閣』(rectangle relief) – painting 18, upper right – (2/3)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – painting 18, lower
right
– (9/12)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – painting 18, lower left –
(16/21)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – poem 19, upper right (18/21)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – poem 19, lower right

(10/12)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
19, upper left – (19/21)
Taohuayuanli renjia『桃花源裏人家』(rectangle relief) – poem 19, lower left – (3/5)
Molin shanren『墨林山人』(square intaglio) – painting 19, lower right – (8/9)
Songlisheng『嵩笠生』(square intaglio) – painting 19, paper join 10, top – (5/5)
Shenqi『神奇』(linked square relief/intaglio) – painting 19, paper join 10, bottom – (3/3)
Molinzi『墨林子』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 19, lower left – (3/4)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
20, upper right – (20/21)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – poem 20, lower right –
(17/21)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – poem 20, upper left – (19/21)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – poem 20, lower left
– (15/19)
Zijing zhenmi『子京珍祕』(rectangle relief) – painting 20, lower right – (5/7)
Xiang Yuanbian shi shending zhenji『項元汴氏審定眞迹』(rectangle intaglio) – poem
21, upper right – (21/21)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – poem 21, lower right – (11/13)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – poem 21, upper left – (20/21)
Taohuayuanli renjia『桃花源裏人家』(rectangle relief) – poem 21, lower left – (4/5)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) painting 21, lower
right – (18/21)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – painting 21, lower left left – (12/13)
Xiang shi Zijing『項氏子京』(rectangle intaglio) – painting 21, paper join 11, top – (9/9)
Taohuayuanli renjia『桃花源裏人家』(rectangle relief) – painting 21, paper join 11,
middle
– (5/5)
Shenpin『神品』(linked square relief) – colophon 1, upper right – (21/21)
Ji ao『寄傲』(oval relief) – colophon 1, upper right – (1/2)
Molin Xiang Jizi zhang『墨林項季子章』(rectangle intaglio) – colophon 1, mid right –
(3/3) Zuili Xiang shi shijia baowan『檇李項氏世家寶玩』(rectangle relief) – colophon 1,
mid right
Tuimi『退密』(gourd relief) – colophon 1, mid right – (2/5)
Xichou geng’ou『西疇耕耦』(square intaglio) – colophon 1, lower right
Xiang shuzi『項叔子』(square intaglio) – colophon 1, lower right – (5/6)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – colophon 1, lower
right
– (11/12)
Zijing zhenmi『子京珍祕』(rectangle relief) – colophon 1, below signature – (6/7)
Pingsheng zhenshang『帄生眞賞』(square relief) – colophon 1, below signature – (2/2)
Zisun shichang『子孫世昌』(square intaglio) – colophon 1, lower left
Tuimi『退密』(gourd relief) – colophon 1-2, paper join 1, top – (3/5)
Xiang shuzi『項叔子』(square intaglio) – colophon 1-2, paper join 1, middle – (6/6)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – colophon 1-2,
paper join 1, bottom – (16/19)
Ji ao『寄傲』(oval relief) – between colophons 2-3 – (2/2)
Zijing suocang『子京所藏』(square intaglio) – between colophons 2-3 – (4/4)
Zisun yongbao『子孫永保』(square intaglio) – between colophons 2-3 – (5/6)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – between colophons
2-3
– (17/19)
Qulu『蘧廬』(rectangle intaglio) – colophon 3, left – (2/2)
Yinju fangyan『隱居放言』(square intaglio) – colophon 3, left – (2/3)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – colophon 3, left – (19/21)
Tianlaige『天籟閣』(rectangle relief) – colophon 4, upper right – (3/3)
Nanhua xianshi『南華以史』(rectangle intaglio) – colophon 4, lower right
Boyatang baowan yin『博雅堂寶玩印』(rectangle intaglio) – colophon 4, paper join 2, top
Yinju fangyan『隱居放言』(square intaglio) – colophon 4, paper join 2, bottom – (3/3)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – colophon 4, middle bottom
– (20/21)
Xiang Yuanbian yin『項元汴印』(square intaglio) – colophon 4, lower left – (8/8)
Xiang Molin jianshang zhang『項墨林鑑賞章』(square intaglio) – colophon 4, lower left
– (12/12)
Zisun yongbao『子孫永保』(square intaglio) – colophon 5, lower left – (6/6)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – colophon 5, lower
left
– (18/19)
Molinzi『墨林子』(rectangle intaglio) – colophon 6, upper right – (4/4)
Tianchou gengnou『田疇耕耨』(square intaglio) – colophon 6, upper right – (2/2)
Xulangzhai『虛朗齋』(square relief) – colophon 6, over last character of signature
Molin shanren『墨林山人』(square intaglio) – colophon 6, lower left – (9/9)
Tuimi『退密』(gourd relief) – colophon 6, paper join 3, top – (4/5)
Xiang Molin fu miji zhi yin『項墨林父祕笈之印』(rectangle relief) – colophon 6, paper
join
3, bottom – (19/19)
Tuimi『退密』(gourd relief) – colophon 7, paper join 4, upper right – (5/5)
Xiang Zijing jiazhencang『項子京家珍藏』(rectangle relief) – colophon 7, paper join 4,
lower right – (21/21)
Molin miwan『墨林祕玩』(square relief) – colophon 7, signature right – (13/13)
3. Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620–1691) – (6)
Tangcun shending『棠邨審定』(square intaglio) – poem 1, upper right
Jiaolin『蕉林』(square relief) – poem 1, mid right
Cangyan『蒼巖 』(square relief) – colophon 1, mid right
Liang Qingbiao yin『梁清標印』(square intaglio) – colophon 1, lower left
Cangyanzi『蒼巖子』(circle relief) – colophon 7, signature right
Guan qi dalue『觀其大略』(square intaglio) – colophon 7, signature right
4. Hongli 弘曆, the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (1711–1799; reigned 1735–96) – (62)
Baotai『保泰』(rectangle intaglio) – mounting silk 1/frontispiece 1 join, upper right
Tiandi wei shi『天地為師』(rectangle relief) – mounting silk 1/frontispiece 1 join, lower
right
Pomo『潑墨』(oval relief) – frontispiece 1/mounting silk 2 join, upper left
Luozhi yunyan『落紙雲煙』(square intaglio) – frontispiece 1/mounting silk 2 join, lower
left Wufuwudaitang guxi tianzi bao『五福五代堂古稀天子寶』(square relief) – mounting
silk
2, top
Taishang huangdi zhi bao『太上皇帝寶』(square relief) – mounting silk 2, bottom
Miaoyi xie qingkuai『妙意寫清快』(rectangle relief) – mounting silk 2/frontispiece 2 join,
top – (1/2)
Xinqing wen miaoxiang『心清聞妙香』(square relief) – mounting silk 2/frontispiece 2
join, bottom
Yanlu『研露』(rectangle relief) – frontispiece 2/painting join, mid left – (2/2)
Shiqu baoji『石渠寶笈』(rectangle relief) – poem 1, mid right
Qianlong yulan zhi bao『乾隆御覽之寶』(oval relief) – poem 1, top
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief)24 – painting 1, top – (1/21)
Shiqu dingjian『石渠定鑑』(circle relief) – poem 2, top center
Baoji chongbian『寶笈重編』(square intaglio) – poem 2, top center
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 2, top center – (2/21)
Chuilu『垂露』(rectangle relief) – painting 2, paper join 1, top
Yanyun shujuan『煙雲舒卷』(square intaglio) – painting 2, paper join 1, bottom
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 3, top left – (3/21)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 4, top center – (4/21)
Bihua chunyu『筆花春雨』(square intaglio) – painting 4, paper join 2, top
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 5, top center – (5/21)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 6, top left – (6/21)
Chengshu cunzi『成書存子』(square relief ) – painting 6, paper join 3, top
Jishi duo suoxin『即事多所欣』(square intaglio) – painting 6, paper join 3, bottom
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 7, top center – (7/21)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 8, top left – (8/21)
Yongbi zaixin『用筆在心』(square intaglio) – painting 9, paper join 4, upper middle
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 9, top left – (9/21)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 10, top right – (10/21)
Zhonghe『中和』(oval relief) – poem 11, paper join 5, top – (2/2)
Dakuai jia wo yi wenzhang『大塊假我以文章』(square intaglio) – poem 11, paper join 5,
bottom
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 11, top right – (11/21)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 12, top right – (12/21)
Shuiyue liang chengming『水月兩 澂明』(rectangle relief) – poem 13, paper join 6,
middle
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 13, top right – (13/21)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 14, top center – (14/21)
You Liuyipu『游六藝圃』(rectangle relief) – poem 15, paper join 7, top
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 15, top center – (15/21)
Miaoyi xie qingkuai『妙意寫清快』(rectangle intaglio) – poem 16, paper join 8, top –
(2/2)
Xiexin『寫心』(oval intaglio) – poem 16, paper join 8, bottom – (2/2)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 16, top left – (16/21)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 17, top center – (17/21)
Zhongxin zhi shuijing『中心止水靜』(oval relief) – poem 18, paper join 9, top
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 18, top center – (18/21)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 19, top center – (19/21)
Congyun『叢雲』(rectangle relief) – painting 19, paper join 10, top
Luohua mandi jie wenzhang『落華滿地皆文章』(square intaglio) – painting 19, paper join
10, bottom – (2/2)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 20, top center – (20/21)
Guxi tianzi『古希天子』(circle relief) – painting 21, top center – (21/21)
Qianlong jianshang『乾隆鑑賞』(circle intaglio) – painting 21, top left
Sanxitang jingjian xi『三希堂精鑑璽』(rectangle relief) – painting 21, mid left
Yi zixun『宜子孫』(square intaglio) – painting 21, mid left
Biduan zaohua『筆端造化』(square intaglio) – painting 21, paper join 11, top
Quyi zai guangqiu『取益在廣求』(rectangle relief) – colophon 1-2, paper join 1, top –
(2/2) Wan you tongchun『卍有同春』(square relief) – colophon 1-2, paper join 1, bottom
– (2/2)
Xiuse ru chuangxu『秀色入窗虛』(square intaglio) – colophon 4, paper join 2, middle –
(2/2)
Xiesheng『寫生』(rectangle relief) – colophon 6, paper join 3, top
Yuyi yu wu『寓意于物』(square relief) – colophon 6, paper join 3, bottom
Bazheng maonian zhi bao『八徵耄念之寶』(square relief) – colophon 7, upper left
Yunxia si『雲霞思』(rectangle relief) – colophon 7, upper left edge
5. Zeng Xiejun 曾協均 (active 1843–after 1864) – (2)25
Shengchao zhenshang『笙巢真賞』(square intaglio) – colophon 1, lower right Woxuezhai
cang『臥雪齋藏』(square relief) – colophon 1, lower right
6. Yixin, Prince Gong 恭親王弈訢 (1833–1898) – (3)
Huang liuzi heshuo Gong qinwang『皇六子和碩恭親王』(rectangle relief) – poem 1, mid
right
Ledao zhuren『樂道主人』(square intaglio) – painting 21, lower left
Zhengyi shuwu zhencang tushu『正誼書屋珍藏圖書』(rectangle relief) – painting 21,
lower left
7. Jin Cheng 金城 (1878–1926) – (2)
Jin Gongbo jingjian yin『金鞏伯精鑑印』(rectangle relief) – poem 1, right edge – (1/2)
Jin Gongbo jingjian yin『金鞏伯精鑑印』(rectangle relief) – painting 21, mid left – (2/2)
8. Wanyan Jingxian 完顏景賢 (died 1927) – (3)
Wanyan Jingxian qingjian『完顏景賢清鑒』(square relief) – poem 1, bottom right
Jingxing weixian『景行維賢』(square intaglio) – painting 21, lower left
Xiaoru’an miji『小如庵秘笈』(square relief) – painting 21, lower left
9. Unidentified – (4) – all pre-Qianlong
Fu hou『父後』(coin-shape relief; left half) – poem 1, upper right
[Wuche liang zi-]sun yongbao zhi『五車良子孫永保之』(rectangle relief; left half) –
poem
1, upper right
Liaoyang Li shi jiacang shuhua yin『遼陽李氏家藏書畫印』(square intaglio) – poem 1,
mid left – (1/2)
Liaoyang Li shi jiacang shuhua yin『遼陽李氏家藏書畫印』(square intaglio) – colophon
4, lower right – (2/2)

Rights Holder

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer Sackler)

Identifier

F1954.21

References

Wang Jie 王杰 (1725–1805) et al., comp. Shiqu baoji xubian 石渠寶笈續編 (1793). Published
jointly with Midian zhulin xubian 秘殿珠林續編 (1793). Facsimile reprint of 1948 ms. copy. 8
vols. Taibei: National Palace Museum, 1971. Vol. 7, 3881–84. (F1954.20 and .21 listed together
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abstract

Attributed to Cheng Qi (傳)程棨
Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年