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200 years after Su Shi wrote his poems,
蘇軾作賦二百年后
China's Song dynasty had fallen to Mongol invaders.
宋朝被蒙古征服
The painter Wang Meng refused to serve the Mongol emperors,
畫家王蒙拒絕侍奉蒙元皇帝
preferring to retreat to a very particular place,
選擇退隱到一個特殊的所在
his family's estate in the Qingbian mountains.
他在青卞山中的祖宅
Those mountains became the subject of his greatest painting.
青卞山便成了他繪畫的對象
Well, when you're in the presence of a bona fide masterpiece,
當你面對這樣一幅飽含心血的杰作時
which this is, words somehow struggle to be formed.
任何語言都是蒼白的
But I'm going to do my best.
但我會盡力而為
Not least because this is an extraordinary painting
因為這不僅是一幅杰出的畫作
because it belies all the pleasing stereotypes
更是因為它并不符合我們對中國山水畫
we have about Chinese landscapes.
閑適怡人的固有印象
When you think of Li Cheng,
提到李成
you think of that first generation of northern Song painters
你會想到北宋第一代畫家
and it is all about feeling protected by the Imperial mountain.
他們畫的都是被象征皇權的大山庇護的感覺
None of this is happening with Wang Meng.
王蒙卻反其道而行之
This is, above all, a painting about turbulence.
他所描繪的主題是動蕩
It's full of a kind of restless,
充滿了焦躁不安
writhing, sensuous, intense energy.
痛苦 敏感 緊張的情緒
There's a reason for this turbulence.
這種動蕩感是有因可循的
By the time he painted this,
他創作此畫時
Wang Meng's family mountain retreat was right in the middle
王蒙家族退隱的山居
of a battlefield fought over by armies 200,000 strong.
正處在二十萬大軍反復爭奪的戰場中間
The reality was marauding and massacre.
這是一場劫掠與屠殺
These are not mountains which protect us.
這些山巒不再庇護萬民
Instead, they trap and threaten us.
而是步步進逼 緊緊威脅
Here is a man beautifully painted, picked out with a conical cap,
這里有個精心繪制的戴錐帽的男子
which is a cap of this particular region,
這種帽子是當地的特色服飾
and is echoed by the shape of the peak.
與山巒形狀相呼應
So, you think the man belongs to the mountains,
所以你會感覺這人居于此山之中
but the man has nowhere to go.
但這名男子無處可去
There are paths which make no sense at all.
周圍的道路雜亂無章
He moves his way through scrubby pines.
他只能在亂樹叢間摸索前行
Wang Meng has lit this dramatically to make it more difficult,
王蒙用了凌厲的筆法 使這一幕更艱難
to make it more exciting,
也更激動人心
to make it more perilous and energised.
使畫面更危機四伏 暗流涌動
