Five-Character Poem by Xuelang Hong’en; Ming dynasty, dated 1587
Ink on paper
雪浪洪恩
金陵(今南京) 書法家 僧人
俗姓黃，字三懷。法名洪恩，字雪浪。生於一五四五年，卒於一六○八年。明代（1368～1644）僧、書法家。金陵（今江蘇南京）人。十二歲於長干寺出家，隨無極和尚修習《大方廣佛華嚴經》，一生致力宏揚華嚴經教，並弘傳賢首宗學，後從少林大章書學禪，得曹洞心法，任大報恩寺方丈。師好學深思，研習佛經，兼修儒家經籍，子、史、唐詩。主張「理觀為入法之門，文字為障道之具，佛法奧義，不可在章句求。」著有《雪浪集》。
工詩文，于右任曾讚：「明朝詩僧眾多，當推雪浪為第一人。」傳世之作行楷書《五言詩》，堪稱詩書二絕，藏臺灣臺北何創時書法藝術基金會。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 310.
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Hsingyun, et al. "Xuelang Hong’en." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 310.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Xuelang Hong’en" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:310.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Xuelang Hong’en. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 310).
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