Pointing at the Avatamsaka World by Zheng Zhong; Ming dynasty
Ink and color on paper
Zheng Zhong
CHINA, Anhui, Huangshan; Ming dynasty
Zheng Zhong was a painter from Shexian county in Huangshan. He specialized in the painting of landscapes, especially small-scale copies of Song (960–1270) and Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty works. Ding Yunpeng praised him to be the successor of the acclaimed artist Zhao Boju. He was also considered one of the best woodcut artists of the Anhui school during his time.
Zheng studied Buddhism under monk Yinwo and excelled in depicitng Buddhist subjects. He was said to undergo ritual cleansing before each time he picked up the brush to paint.
His works include Sakyamuni Buddha, Amitayus Buddha, Eighteen Arhats, Dragon-Subduing Arhat, and Pointing at the Avatamsaka World, all of which are collected at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 355.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Pokorski, Stefanie and Yichao and Mankuang and Miaohsi,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People },
pages = 355,
title = {{Zheng Zhong}},
volume = 19,
year = {2016}}