文徵明（1470-1559年）爲江蘇長洲著名文人，兼擅詩、文、書、畫，與祝允明、唐寅、徐禎卿同被譽爲「吳中四才子」，著有《甫田集》，刻《停雲館帖》。文徵明的蘇州文人形象，是位性格溫厚寬和的謙謙君子，特別是在絕意仕途之後，致力於書畫藝文創作方面，最令後人所景仰。在文徵明所有詩文、書畫作品當之中，以〈西苑詩〉的書寫最具特色，在文徵明晚年的時候，不斷地多次重複書寫，似乎表現出獨特依戀的情感寄託。根據現存的〈西苑詩〉書蹟，至少就有七件，若從書目與輯佚資料來看，則至少有十七件作品，而這些〈西苑詩〉的書法作品，都集中在文徵明晚年六十七歲以後的生涯之中。雖然〈西苑詩〉的書寫，其中雖然摻雜不乏偽作的可能，但是從這種不斷書寫的現象背後，不免讓人提出些許疑問：爲何文徵明會在晚年大量重覆書寫〈西苑詩〉？這種舉動是否反映出文徵明某種獨特的情感寄託？
本文嘗試藉由〈西苑詩〉的書寫創作行爲，來討論文徵明晚年對於仕途記憶的心態轉變。以文人藝術家自詡的文徵明，從嘉靖二年(1523)被授爲翰林院待詔開始，直到嘉靖五年(1526)十月出京，在歷經短暫的三年仕宦經驗，從剛開始對仕途的滿懷熱情，到遭受挫折、絕意仕途而返回故鄉，但卻又在晚年對〈西苑詩〉充滿追憶與懷念，進而成爲牽動內心情感的深刻寄託？同時，是否也反映文徵明對當時仕宦經驗的依戀、失望之間，所產生的矛盾與複雜的心態，而藉由藝術創作宣洩情感？
Wen Zheng-ming (1470-1559) was the famous literatus and artist in Suzhou Ming dynasty. The Xi-yuan poem and calligraphy were special value in Wen's all poetry, calligraphy and paintings. In Wen's later years, he constantly repeated writing the Xi-yuan poem with calligraphy and seemed to express the unique emotion and recollection. According the existing calligraphy, Wen was writing continuously the Xi-yuan poem six times at least. Even there were seventeen works in the bibliographic record.
This article attempts to comprehend Wen's mind, emotion, and creative behavior, special when he stayed in Beijing to be an official during Jia-jing reign. The experience of an official to Wen was much conflict and contradiction. However the special memorable recollection became the concerned and confused problem in his later years.
