Leisurely Watch Children Catching Catkins， a Ming Dynasty（1368.1644） painting by Zhou Chen， ink and color on silk， 116.6cm×63.5cm， in the collection of the Palace Museum， Taipei.
Zhou Chen（ca.1460.1535）， a Ming artist， was good at painting landscapes and characters. Tang Yin and Qiu Ying are both his disciples. Based on the line of “With no thought after a doze， I therefore watch children catching catkins leisurely，” written by Southern Song poet Yang Wanli， this painting depicts a scene that in a willow-shaded courtyard in the front of the mountain， three boys are catching catkins. Their postures and expressions are different but vivid.