袁枚(1716-1797)清代诗人、散文家。字子才,号简斋,晚年自号仓山居士、随园主人、随园老人,钱塘(今浙江杭州)人。乾隆四年进士,历任溧水、江宁等县知县,有政绩,四十岁即告归。在江宁小仓山下筑随园,吟咏其中。广收诗弟子,女弟子尤众。袁枚是乾嘉时期代表诗人之一,与赵翼、蒋士铨合称“乾隆三大家”。
袁枚·《品画》
品画先神韵,论诗重性情。
蛟龙生气尽,不若鼠横行。
Talking Art
Yuan Mei
In painting it's catching the "spirit" and "essence."
In poems that's "nature" and "feelings."
An elegant dragon, with its life's breath gone?
Better a rat, with some scurry left in him.
(J.P. Seaton 译)
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