Frontispiece of the Thousand Buddhas of the Present Kalpa Sutra
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現在賢劫千佛名經卷首圖
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元（1271～1368）刊本。為西夏文《現在賢劫千佛名經》卷首圖，表現譯場之景況。根據圖中西夏文款識可知居中者為主譯僧白智光，其左右八位譯經僧有四人為党項族姓，另四人可能是漢人，皆右手執筆，左手持卷，帶頭光，坐於案桌後，文房四寶俱全。譯經僧身後有八名戴冠世俗男子合掌而立。
主譯僧正前方為經筵，鋪設華麗，布滿供品茶果。圖下方左右對坐著西夏皇服的男、女功德主及其隨從；左下方西夏文榜題為「母梁氏皇太后」，右下方為「子明盛皇帝」。故知係繪刻西夏惠宗（1069～1086在位）李秉常時期的譯經場面。
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Hsingyun, et al. "Frontispiece of the Thousand Buddhas of the Present Kalpa Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 269.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Frontispiece of the Thousand Buddhas of the Present Kalpa Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:269.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Frontispiece of the Thousand Buddhas of the Present Kalpa Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 269).
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