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參文字禪 趙穆

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「文字禪」又作「葛藤禪」,即以語言文字解說禪法,而不得真義之禪。
 作者刻此印,四字採均等方式布局,以罕見的細白文刻成,脫離了古人印式的窠臼。其篆法圓中寓方,婉暢多姿;刀法使轉自然,能充分表達筆意,用刀利落,風格清新、自然,有別於一般傳統印章。
 明代(1368~1644)的篆刻評論家吾丘衍,於其著作《三十五舉》之二十五的文中強調,篆刻藝術創作於平日生活中俯拾皆是,像是日常用的器物及印章,皆可汲取。
 對現在篆刻創作而言,就是「印外求印」與「印中求印」的精神。趙穆刻此印,取法多元,是一方推陳出新的作品。
 趙穆字穆父、牧父,號牧園,別署蘭陵居士等。清(1644~1911)末篆刻家,江蘇毗陵(今常州)人。工書法,擅繪佛像,能刻竹。早年受業於吳熙載,後取法秦(221~207 BCE)漢(206 BCE~220)和皖派、浙派之長,別具一格,時有精絕之作,生氣盎然。存世有《雙清閣印存》、《趙穆印譜》等。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 293.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Contemplate Words of Chan." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 293.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Contemplate Words of Chan" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:293.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Contemplate Words of Chan. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 293).
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