清代宫廷画家冷枚生平事迹新考

The Life of the Qing Court Painter Leng Mei: A New Textural Research

冷枚的生平事迹和创作活动,画史记载不多。20世纪70年代以来,多位学者依据宫廷档案记载,对他的生卒年、进入宫廷的时间、在康雍乾三朝的职业状态等问题做过若干研究。但囿于各种因素,相关问题的讨论并没有形成完整的结论。笔者此次新考,主要基于发现了一条对解决上述问题至关重要的新史料,并在此基础上对旧有史料做了重新的梳理、解释,得出了新结论。此外,对以往研究中较少或未曾涉及的领域,如冷枚在《康熙南巡图》、《康熙万寿图》中的作用及其传派弟子问题也做了较为详细的分析和补充。这些成果,相信可以为今后更深入、系统的研究奠定新的基础。

Since the 1970 s, based on court records, several scholars studied various aspects of Leng Mei’s life-date of birth and death, the time when he was employed by the imperial court, his career path from the Kangxi reign(1662-1722) to the Qianlong reign(1736-1795). Limited by various factors, their conclusions on related topics are far from complete.The author discovered a piece of vital historical record that could be key to answering the questions. In light of this, the author revisits and reinterprets previous historical literature and comes up with new conclusions. Additionally, the article also ventures into some untouched territory and elaborates on topics such as the painter’s role in the creation of the Southern Inspection of the Kangxi Emperor(Kangxi nanxun tu)and the Birthday Celebration of the Kangxi Emperor(Kangxi wanshou tu) and his disciples, laying the foundation for more in-depth, systematic research in future.