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釋智永

浙江紹興 僧人 書法

俗姓王,名法極,一說法橘。法名智永。生卒年不詳。南朝陳(557~589)末隋代(581~618)僧、書法家。山陰(今浙江紹興)人。為東晉(317~420)王羲之七世孫。出家後居山陰嘉祥寺,後移住吳興(今浙江湖州)永欣寺,人稱永禪師。通達《大般若經》、《妙法蓮華經》等諸經,常習禪定。工書法,諸體兼善,尤以草書最負盛名。開後代書家以千字文創作之風。晚年住於長安(今陝西西安)西明寺。
 臨書三十年,書《千字文》八百餘本,遍施浙東諸寺,供僧徒習字之用。聲名遠播,求書者多,以致住處門限(門檻)幾被踏破,遂以鐵片裹之,故稱「鐵門限」。後以作書礙道,遂不復書,所棄筆頭,置於可受一石餘的大竹簏中,竟盛滿五簏,作銘埋於土中,號「退筆塚」。《海岳名言》稱其書:「秀潤圓勁,八面俱備。」
 今傳世之《真草千字文》,有墨跡和石刻本兩種。墨跡現為日本國寶;北宋大觀三年(1109)輯成碑刻,藏陝西西安碑林博物館,拓本藏北京故宮博物院。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 357.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Zhiyong." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 357.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Zhiyong" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:357.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Zhiyong. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 357).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People },
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title = {{Zhiyong}},
volume = 19,
year = {2016}}


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