李诚《五马图》考定

李诚《五马图》自元初周密著录以来,一直被错认错定为李公麟所作,且被认为是李公麟画人马的代表作画上的签题也被错认为是黄庭坚手笔。本文从史源学年代学考证入手,发掘第一手史源学材料,考定《五马图》错定为李公麟所作是始自元初周密,同时的戴表元、赵孟頫等人作诗随合周密之说,以后便举世盲从,一直沿误至今。经考证,李公麟当年从来不曾画过《五马图》。李诚工书,入能品,又善画。墓志记载李诚有《五马图》,贡入内廷,宋徽宗睿鉴称善。李诚博学多能,又著有《马经》三卷。《五马图》所画名马多记出由来、岁口和身高,不同于一般绘画创作,而是为名马建立簿籍档案,应是《马经》配套之作。所绘五马皆现场写生,绘画水平极高,功力绝不在李公麟之下。画上题笺出自李诚手笔,行楷之工,功力也应与黄庭坚不相上下。

Since the Literature Recordgings by Mr.Zhou Mi in the earlier of Yuan Dynasty,Mr.Li Cheng’s painting of Five Horses was wrongly considered as the Mr.Li Gonglin’s and his representative work about the man and horses,so as the signiture by Huang Tingjian’s handwritting.By the investigation into the Study of the Source of History and chronology,the author recover the ins and outs truth of the painting of Five Horses.It’s a masterpeice not only its contents descripting the horses birth,ages and height,but also the artistic value.The inscription for the painting written by Mr.Li Cheng was an excellent traditional Chinese calligraphy-standard style of handwriting,equall to Mr.Huang Tingjian’s artistic standard.