南阳汉代画像之穷奇考

THE STUDY ON THE PORTRAITS OF QIONG QI IN HAN DYNASTY OF NANYANG

穷奇是汉代画像砖(石)墓葬中占据画幅较多的神兽,并且以两种形象出现在不同时期的汉代墓葬中。似虎形象的穷奇出现在西汉中晚期至东汉早期的墓葬中,但多数汉代画像墓葬中却是把穷奇刻画成牛的形象。似虎而非虎,似牛而非牛,因此人们常把它们称之为神兽。本文对穷奇作以探索考释,求证于从事汉画研究的同仁。

Qiong Qi, showing in two different images in tombs in different periods of the Han Dynasty, was a major mythical beast be- ing painted in a considerable portion of brick （stone） portraits in tombs in the Han Dynasty. Qiong Qi, with likeness of tigers, was shown on the tomb portraits from the mid - late Western HanDynasty to early Eastern Han Dynasty. However, most portraits in tombs of the Han Dynasty gave Qiong Qi the resemblances of oxen. Like a tiger but not a tiger and like an ox but not an ox, therefore Qiong Qi was called a mythical beast. This article is an exploratory study of Qiong Qi, and to seek the confirmation of colleagues in the field of the Han Dynasty portraits research.