《陶渊明故事图》,是陈洪绶为他的老友周亮工而作的。周亮工是一位书画收藏家和鉴赏家,著有《读书录》,对陈洪绶的评价很高。但是明亡之后,他们的关系却疏远了。因为周亮工出任清王朝的官职,这在古代是有失民族气节之举。周亮工曾多次向陈洪绶求画,但陈迟迟不愿落笔,最后才以此图相赠,深含着对老友的劝诫之意。《陶渊明故事图》取材于萧统的《陶渊明传》。这是宋元以来很多画家喜爱的题材,但是陈洪绶没 “Tao Yuanming story map” is made by Chen Hongshou for his old friend Zhou Liang workers. Zhou Liangong is a calligraphy and painting collectors and connoisseurs, author of “reading records”, the evaluation of Chen Hongshou high. But after their death, their relationship was estranged. Because Zhou Liang Gong took office as the Qing dynasty, which in ancient times was a loss of ethnics. Zhou Liangong repeatedly solicited paintings from Chen Hongshou, but Chen later did not want to take the pen. In the end, Chen Liangchi presented himself with the image and deeply implied the exhortation of his old friend. “Tao Yuanming story map” drawn from Xiao Tong’s “Tao Yuanming Biography.” This is a favorite of many artists since the Song and Yuan Dynasties theme, but Chen Hongshou did not