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ZHAO LINGRANG
AS CATALOGUED IN

SHIQU BAOJI

WILLOWS AND GEESE

The presence of numerous Yuan-dynasty colophons are one of this handscroll’s notable
attributes and includes inscriptions by three well known and respected fgures of the period.
The frst ofers biographical information about Zhao Lingrang and was written by Qian Xuan (1235-
1305) in 1297. After a brief career in the Song government, with the fall of the dynasty, Qian Xuan
retired from politics and devoted himself to the arts. Zhu Derun (1294-1365), who was a government
oficial also accomplished as a poet, calligrapher and landscape painter, added a poem inspired by the
painting. Another government oficial, who was also a painter and poet, Ke Jiusi (1290-1343) added a
further poem.

Similarly, this history of transmission and appreciation of paintings and calligraphy is conveyed by
collectors’ seals. This scroll includes collectors’ seals not only of Emperors Qianlong and Jiaqing, but
also of the collector who owned the work before them, namely Liang Qingbiao (1620-1691). Liang was
a gifted scholar who passed the jinshi government exam at twenty-three years of age, right before the
Ming dynasty fell. He became a government oficial during the Qing dynasty and was a noted poet.
During the tumult that accompanied the dynastic upheaval, many works of art became available on
the market, and Liang Qingbiao was thus able to build a large and impressive collection. A skilled
connoisseur, Liang owned many fne paintings, a large number of which eventually passed into the
imperial collection.

此作品值得留意的地方，在於畫後有眾多元代題詩題跋，包括三位著名文人士大夫。畫後第一個跋為錢選
（1235-1305）於元大德元年（1297年）所題，記錄畫家生平及畫法。錢選於宋代曾短暫為官，改朝換代後
再無入仕，改為專注於藝術。朱德潤（1294-1365），曾任元朝官員，亦為著名詩人、書法家、山水畫家，則
為作品題詩。柯久思，另一位元代重要士大夫、詩人、畫家，亦為作品題詩。
如同上述眾多題跋，作品的鑑賞和流傳歷史由作品上眾多鑑藏印一一道來。除清代乾隆和嘉慶兩位皇帝的
鑑 藏 印以 外，作品 上 亦 有 其 進 入 清 宮收 藏 以前 藏 家 的 鑑 藏 印，其 中以 梁 清 標（16 2 0 -16 9 1）最 值得 關 注。梁
氏為於明代崇禎十六年（1643年）進士，降清後為官，亦為著名詩人。明末清初時期局勢尚未穩定，眾多藝
術作品流落市場，梁氏籍此良機購買大量名作，建立了龐大的收藏。他作為著名書畫鑑賞家，擁有眾多名家
作品，其 大 部分 收 藏 最後 進 入 清 宮，成 為宮 廷收 藏。

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