Caotang Temple: Stele of Master Guifeng Zongmi (detail)
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圭峰禪師碑 裴休
中國
全稱《唐故圭峰定慧禪師傳法碑》。立碑於鄠縣（今陝西戶縣）草堂寺內。裴休撰文並書，柳公權篆額，邵建初刻字。凡三十六行，滿行六十五字。此碑由門人所立，內容記錄圭峰禪師之一生行誼。圭峰禪師為華嚴宗第五祖宗密禪師，先學華嚴，後專事修禪、誦經。唐太和二年（828）徵入宮中講經，帝賜紫方袍，相國裴休與朝野之士多受其教。裴休隨圭峰學華嚴，圭峰著經疏，每請裴休為之撰序。裴休中年以後，斷肉食，焚香誦經，世稱「河東大士」。
裴休為晚唐（846～907）著名書家，善文工書，常為佛寺書寫碑銘。此碑書法近似柳公權，中鋒行筆，瘦挺俊朗，較柳更勁健；筆畫方整嚴謹，結構精密，近歐陽詢。尤其在方勁硬挺中亦有圓柔秀逸之姿，更屬難得，是晚唐佛寺碑銘精品之一。康有為《廣藝舟雙楫》評其「以遒勁取勝，兼有清勁方整之氣」。
裴休字公美。孟州濟源（今河南濟源）人，一說河東聞喜（今山西聞喜）人。為官廉正，乃中唐（756～846）功績顯赫的宰相。虔誠奉佛，常親近佛門高僧，參悟禪理，護持佛教。
參考釋文：唐故圭峰定慧禪師／傳法碑并序／金紫光祿大夫守／中書侍郎兼戶部／尚書同中書門下／平章事充集賢殿／大學士裴休撰并／書／金紫光祿大夫守／工部尚書上柱國
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 22.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Caotang Temple: Stele of Master Guifeng Zongmi." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 22.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Caotang Temple: Stele of Master Guifeng Zongmi" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:22.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Caotang Temple: Stele of Master Guifeng Zongmi. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 22).
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