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虎關師錬 行書片語|Kokan Shiren, Calligraphy

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260,000 - 520,000 HKD

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Kokan Shiren 1278-1346

Calligraphy


ink on paper, hanging scroll


signed Hu Guan and with one seal of the artist


43.5 × 24.2 cm. 17 ⅛ × 9 ½ in.


虎關師煉 行書偈語

水墨紙本 立軸


釋文:三禪相似別,冷淡沒人知。虎關書。鈐印:「虎關」


注:虎關師煉(1278-1346)為日本臨濟宗大德、五山文學開山祖,出身京都藤原氏。幼年即出家,後遍歷南禪、建仁等名剎參禪,博通儒、釋、史、文與諸子百家。著有《元亨釋書》,為日本首部佛教通史,奠定其史學地位;其《濟北集》二十卷漢詩文與《佛語心論》亦展現極高文采與禪悟。此幅晚年墨跡寫「三禪相似別,冷淡沒人知」,字簡意峻,筆致峭拔勁削,墨色蒼古,簡遠之致。