北宋蔡襄《荔枝图》考辨

Textual Research on Cai Xiang’s Litchi Painting in the Northern Song Dynasty

《荔枝图》是北宋蔡襄作《荔枝谱》中的“图”部分,其作者一直众说纷纭。经考证,此图实为崔慤图写。《荔枝图》曾随《荔枝谱》进入北宋宫廷,后经蔡襄或其后人之手流入民间,南宋为内府所藏。明初为于以诚所收,明末经张丑收藏,清后期为韩崇所藏。存世的《荔枝谱》版本诸多,其功能为谱录类的工具书,实用性大于艺术性。

Picture of Litchi is the "picture" par t of the Litchi Spectrum written by Cai Xiang in the Nor thern Song Dynasty, and there has been different ideas about its author. After textual research, this picture was actually written by Cui Que. Picture of Litchi was taken in the cour t of the Nor thern Song Dynasty with the Litchi Spectrum, and then handed among the people through CAI Xiang or his descendants. It was collected by the inner government in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was collected by Yu Yicheng in the early Ming Dynasty, collected by Zhang Chou in the late Ming Dynasty, and collected by Han Chong in the late Qing Dynasty. There are many versions of Litchi Spectrum existed, Its function is as reference book of spectrum recording, which is more practical than ar tistic.