清朝中前期的扬州,画家聚集,画坛繁荣,画风多样。其中既有写意风格的花鸟竹石画(即“扬州八怪”等画家的作品),还有袁江、袁耀严谨工整的楼阁界画。尤其是后一类作品,从事的画家虽然不多,但是画风特立独行,流传下来的作品却仍有不少。袁江、袁耀父子,创作了数量很多的作品,可是他们的生平行状却简单的令人惊讶。从目前所了解的材料来说,连他们的生卒年都无法查清楚。袁江,字文涛,邗江(今江苏扬州)人,较早记述袁江生平的文献中,就是这么几个 The early Qing Dynasty in Yangzhou, painters gathered, painting prosperous, diverse style. Among them are freehand bamboo and bird paintings of birds and flowers (ie, “Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou” and other painter’s works), as well as Yuan Jiang and Yuan Yao’s strict courtesy pavilion painting. Especially in the latter category of works, although there are not many painters engaged, there are still many works that have been handed down in style. Yuan Jiang, Yuan Yao, father and son, created a large number of works, but their life is simple but surprisingly surprising. From the material we know so far, even their birth and death years can not be identified. Yuan Jiang, Zi Wentao, Han Jiang (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province), the earliest account of the literature of the life of Yuan Jiang, is so few