P34 辺文進：三友百禽図

邊文進: 三友百禽圖

邊文進（14世紀中葉－15世紀上葉），沙縣人。字景昭。博學善詩文，尤工花鳥。有明代花鳥畫鼻祖之稱。是幅松竹梅三友並植，樹石間祥禽瑞鳥百隻，悉盡情態，傳神入妙，為其畫之精粹。

辺文進：三友百禽図

辺文進は博学にして詩画に秀で、明の院体花鳥画の先駆をなしました。歳寒になお色を改めぬ松と竹と、けなげに花ひらく梅の三友を配し、全面に禽鳥の百態を点ずる本図、筆墨は真摯にして穏やかな、あるいは新春賀寿の気分にもふさわしい、入妙の筆技をうかがう一作です。

Pien Wen-chin : Three Friends and a Hundred Birds

Pien Wen-chin (second half of the fourteenth century to the first half of the fifteenth century), Ching-chao by style name, was a native of Sha-hsien, Fukien province. He was a man of erudition. and was talented in poetry and prose. He especially excelled in bird-and-flower painting, showing a perfect command of the kou-le-t'ien-ts'ai ("outline filled with color") style, which is evaluated as the best of its genre in the periods following the Sung and Yuan dynasties. He is even called the father of Ming dynasty bird-and-flower painting. This work, in which a hundred birds are arranged among the Three Friends (pine, bamboo and plum), denotes the true individuality of Pien Wen-chin in its detailed yet powerful brushwork.