Past Life as Maitreya
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彌勒後身 汪關
中國
彌勒，意譯作慈氏，為繼釋迦牟尼佛之後的未來佛。現住兜率天，釋尊曾預言授記，未來將降生此娑婆世界，於龍華樹下成佛並說法。
此四字印，作品極為規矩，章法布局平穩，筆畫粗細勻稱，字如鐵線，刀法猛利，於線條的交接處多加粗，狀似「焊接點」，使印作於娟秀中得醇厚意，這是汪關朱文印的典型作風。
汪關原名東陽，字杲叔，後得漢銅印「汪關」，遂改名關，更字尹子。生卒年不詳，約活動於明萬曆年間（1573～1620）。歙縣（今安徽歙縣）人，家居婁東（今江蘇太倉）。專法秦漢印，尤精於衝刀法，用刀沉穩潔淨，印風明快，端雅工緻，後人稱之為婁東派。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 315.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Past Life as Maitreya." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 315.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Past Life as Maitreya" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:315.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Past Life as Maitreya. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 315).
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