自从大英博物馆1903年在伦敦通过一个私人渠道获得《女史箴图卷》后,专家们就都清楚地知道18世纪下半叶,它被藏于故宫的一个特定场所。清乾隆帝在乾隆十一年(1746)为该画写的题跋(图1),以及其大臣所编的《石渠宝笈初编》对此事均有记载。同样清楚的是大英博物馆获得画卷的细节。一封注明日期为 Since the British Museum acquired a “volume of women’s history” through a private channel in London in 1903, the experts knew perfectly well that in the second half of the 18th century, it was hidden in a specific place in the Forbidden City. Emperor Qianlong Emperor Qianlong eleven years (1746) for the painting writing inscriptions (Figure 1), as well as the Minister compiled by the “Shiqu Baodi early editorial” on the matter are recorded. It is also clear that the British Museum gets the detail of the picture. A date marked as