Aquatic Animals and Assorted

「大如鯤鵬，小如蜂蝶，運筆使其見骨，運墨見肉，古人觀察微，下筆自有神助，箇中奧妙，時加說明之。」

——丁衍庸，〈傳統中國畫授課進程〉（1970年代）

「齊白石的『明蝦』，重寫實而形似，透明若如實物；丁先生的蝦，從實物中超脫出來。⋯⋯齊蝦寫蝦，丁蝦寫自我之反照，二者不可比。」

——陳松江，〈丁衍庸先生與我〉（1963年）

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“Creatures as large as the kun and peng (a giant fish and bird from Chinese mythology), and as small as bees and butterflies, can be depicted with brushstrokes to outline their skeletons, and with ink to visualise their flesh. People in the past were observant, so they naturally mastered this way of painting. I often illustrate this essence.”

—Ting Yin Yung, ‘Progression of traditional Chinese paintings’ (1970s)

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“Qi Baishi’s Ming shrimps are realistic and appear as transparent as actual shrimps; Ting’s shrimps transcend from the actual thing . . . Qi was depicting shrimps while Ting was reflecting upon himself. There is no comparison.”

—Chan Chung Kong, ‘Ting Yin Yung and I’ (1963)