Characters - Yuelin
Ink on paper
月林道號 古林清茂
日本
此幅由「月林」二大字及偈語組成，為古林清茂書贈與弟子月林道皎者。其中「月林」即月林禪師之道號，偈語則就月林字義進一步引伸、闡發，如偈語：「桂輪孤朗碧天寬，萬木森森照夜寒。不是曹溪曾指出，至今誰作話頭看。」一九五三年指定為日本國寶。
書史自南宋（1127～1279）張即之大字書風出現後，其簡勁而氣力磅●（礡）的書寫特色，便深深影響禪林之翰墨風氣。此作亦承其遺緒，但用筆更為渾厚，氣勢豪壯，結字也較有法度，顯示在張即之外，亦受顏真卿書風影響。
古林清茂為元代（1271～1368）臨濟宗禪僧、書法家。別號休居叟，世稱茂古林。德行高風亮節，受時人尊崇，為當時佛教界重要人物。
參考釋文：月／林／桂輪孤朗碧天寬／萬木森森照夜寒／不是曹溪曾指出／至今誰作話頭看／皎藏主號為書仍／賦云□／泰定四年三月望日／金陵鳳臺 清茂
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 31.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Characters - Yuelin." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 31.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Characters - Yuelin" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:31.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Characters - Yuelin. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 31).
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