Shadow of Plum Blossom

'Mei Xin Lun' (Description of plum blossom), seven articles; and 'Mei Ying' (Shadow of plum blossom), fourteen illustrations.
Wang, Maoxiao.
Jiao, Hong, 1541-1620, xu.
Wang, Yaolong, jiao ke.
Wang, Dong, 1503-1581, jiao ke.
Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress).
Wang Yaolong : Wang Dong, Ming Wanli Jian, between 1573 and 1620


- 明萬曆間刻本 四周雙欄 白口 無魚尾 版匡高19.2寬13.4公分.
- 八行十六字. Eight lines, with sixteen characters per line.
- 原題:「休寧汪懋孝著，門人汪躍龍，從子汪棟校刻。」懋孝事蹟無考。休寧縣志亦無懋孝名，然以「懋」字排行者甚多，皆明清之間人。孜是書敘論師承一節，自稱學畫於詹景鳳，又稱:「家大人所善游客雪湖劉繼相」，則懋孝應為萬曆時人。「校」字不諱，是書亦應刻於萬曆間。又是書不見諸家著錄，余紹宋書畫習錄解題亦不載，其傳本之少可知。凡寫梅敘論七則，頁一至二十。梅影十四幀頁二十一至四十八。焦竑(序).