Biography

An account by Lang Ying (b. 1487) provides the most extensive early biography of Dai Jin. As a young man, probably in the 1410s, Dai traveled to the capital, Nanjing, with his father, who presumably worked there in some official capacity. Dai failed to make a name for himself in the capital and returned to Qiantang to resume his study of painting, which he had probably begun with a local Zhejiang artisan. His reputation grew such that he was recommended to Xuande Emperor (r. 1425–35), and he went to Beijing in the hope of securing an academy appointment. His plans were thwarted, however, by the envy of established painters, in particular Xie Huan (fl ), a favorite artist and adviser to the Xuande Emperor, who claimed to detect anti-government bias in Dai's works. Unrolling a series of Dai's landscapes representing the four seasons, Xie remarked approvingly on the spring and summer scenes but took severe exception to the autumn scene, in which the artist had depicted a fisherman wearing a red coat, attire thought suitable for gentlemen–officials but not for commoners. Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) artists had sometimes painted scholars dressed as fishermen, implying thereby that the educated classes deliberately avoided service under their Mongol rulers. Xie adduced as evidence another of Dai's works, Seven Worthies Passing the Barrier (; untraced), which was based on an old tale (gushi) recounting the flight of seven men from a tumultuous and badly ruled state. The Xuande Emperor agreed with Xie, and according to scholar Lang Ying, the eunuch responsible for recommending Dai was executed. Dai, however, escaped at night to Hangzhou. Dai returned to the Zhe academy afterward.

生平

早年是金銀首飾工匠，後改學繪畫，以賣畫為生，宣德年間供奉宮廷，因畫藝高超而遭妒忌，遂被斥退，寓京十餘年。晚年回鄉以賣畫為生，天順六年（1462天）秋天卒。葬於西湖附近洪春橋畔。

畫風

擅山水、人物、花果、翎毛，用筆勁挺方硬，除了兼法宋、元諸家以外，發展了馬遠、夏圭「院體」一派傳統，也吸取北宋李成、范寬、郭熙，俱遒勁蒼潤。人物畫師法唐宋傳統，遠師吳道子、李龍眠，自創「蠶頭鼠尾描」。

戴進的繪畫在當時影響很大，追隨者甚眾，影響方鉞、戴泉、夏芷、何適、謝賓舉、謝時臣、汪肇、蔣嵩、夏蔡、吳偉、張路、王世祥等人，因他是浙江人，人稱「浙派」，是為明代前期畫壇主流。作品有《春山積翠圖》、《風雨歸舟圖》 、《三顧茅廬圖》、《達摩至惠能六代像》、《南屏雅集圖》、《歸田祝壽圖》、《葵石蛺蝶圖》、《春江漁歸圖》、《三鷺圖》等。

File:Dai Jin-Wind and Rain Returning by Boat.jpg|風雨歸舟，台灣台北國立故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin-Tall Pine Trees and Five Deer.jpg|長松五鹿圖，台灣台北國立故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin-Dropping a Fishing Line on the Bank of the Wei River.jpg|渭濱垂釣圖，絹本設色，台灣台北國立故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin-Traveling in Spring Returning at Night.jpg|春遊晚歸圖，絹本設色 高167.9厘米 寬83.1厘米 台北國立故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin-Stream Bridge Whipping on a Donkey.jpg|溪橋策蹇圖，絹本設色 高137.5厘米 寬63.1厘米 台北國立故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin-Luohan.jpg|畫羅漢，紙本設色 高113.9厘米 寬36.7厘米 台北國立故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin. The Night Excursion of Zhong Kui. 189,7x120,2. Palace Museum, Beijing.jpg|鍾馗出山圖 北京故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin. Travelers Through Mountain Passes. 61,8x29,7 Palace Museum, Beijing..jpg|關山行旅圖 北京故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin-Hollyhock and Butterflies.jpg|蜀葵蛺蝶圖，紙本設色 高115厘米 寬39.6厘米 北京故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin-Looking Three Times at the Thatched Hut.jpg|三顧茅廬圖，絹本墨筆 高172.2厘米 寬107厘米 北京故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin-Deep House of Poetry.jpg|深堂詩意圖，絹本設色 高194厘米 寬104厘米 遼寧省博物館藏

File:Dai Jin-Employing Virtue.jpg|聘賢圖，絹本設色 高132.5厘米 寬71.5厘米 瀋陽故宮博物院藏

File:Dai Jin-Dense Green Covering the Spring Mountains.jpg|春山積翠圖，紙本墨筆 高141厘米 寬53.4厘米 上海博物館藏

File:Dai Jin. Six Patriarchs of Chan. Liaoning Provincial Museum..jpg|達摩至惠能六代像， 遼寧省博物館藏

File:月下泊舟圖.jpg|月下泊舟圖，軸‧絹本‧水墨‧淡彩，59.5 x 42.5 公分王季遷明德堂，美國