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Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra

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甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土

甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土。此圖為《金剛般若波羅蜜經》卷首圖,版畫為木板雕鑿印製,係最早有明確紀年者。經摺裝,由七張紙黏接而成,總長5公尺,以淨口業真言起首,後續寫奉請八金剛名號;據《銷釋金剛經科儀會要註解》所載,「若有人受持金剛經者,先須至心念淨口業真言,然後啟請八金剛,四菩薩名號,所在之處,常當擁護。」此經卷尾末行刊印題記「咸通九年(868)四月十五日王玠為二親敬造普施」。
 卷首圖描繪釋迦牟尼佛為長老須菩提等演說《金剛經》,眾菩薩、天人、帝釋天、金剛、力士、弟子等圍繞聽法。圖左上角刊題「祇樹給孤獨園」,點出佛說法之地點。佛坐於法筵上,右手上揚說法,神態端嚴。圖中聽法人物十八身,案前須菩提胡跪合掌,流露出專注的神情,旁書榜題「長老須菩提」。
 此木刻版畫構圖繁而不亂,線條遒勁有力,刀工純熟,可推知佛教版畫發展歷史應更早。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 588.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 588.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:588.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 588).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 588,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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