Seven-Character Couplet
Ink on paper
七言聯句 釋太虛
中國
此聯語之書寫者為近代（1840～1919）僧人太虛，乃是為法化居士唐投長開闢文化農村而書，聯語二句之開頭分別為「法」、「化」二字，即合於唐投長以「法化」為號之事，可見聯語撰述的巧思。同時，聯語也盛讚唐投長能將利益眾生的思考化為實際行動，具現太虛對他的期許。
此作用筆輕，似在不經意、不著意間完成這些結字嚴謹的行草，其飛白處飄然欲翔、線條粗細變化雖小但筆畫圓勁斬截，使得整體搭配得宜，輕重、快慢，皆相映又相襯。
太虛俗姓呂，名淦森。法名唯心，別號悲華，晚號縉雲老人。一生致力於佛教改革運動，是近代重要高僧、佛教革新運動先鋒。
參考釋文：法化居士唐投長開闢文化邨農業紀念／法力無邊啟文運／化生有道闢農邨／太虛
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 220.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seven-Character Couplet." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 220.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Seven-Character Couplet" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:220.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Seven-Character Couplet. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 220).
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