Explanation upon Entering the Academy (right end section)
Explanation upon Entering the Academy (detail)
進學解 虎關師鍊
日本
此卷為虎關師鍊書寫韓愈《進學解》，今僅存殘卷。一九四二年指定為日本重要文化財。
中日兩國之書法淵源向來深厚，自隋（581～618）唐（618～907）以降，中國書法之流風亦常見於日本；宋代（960～1279）大書法家黃庭堅書風，亦對日本禪林產生了重大影響，虎關師鍊此作即為其例焉。其字與字間不似黃氏精心點畫的挪讓承應，只將字字規矩次列，但結字卻能善學黃氏之緊勁，用筆又自信自在，正展現作者在書法上之能事。
虎關師鍊為日本鎌倉時代（1185～1333）後期至日本南北朝時代（1336～1392）臨濟宗高僧，是五山文學泰斗，少時即有「文殊童子」美稱。十歲出家後，博覽佛教典籍及其他典籍，並遊歷參學；元亨二年（1322）完成《元亨釋書》三十卷，為其個人撰寫的重要佛門著作。
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For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 258.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Tofukuji Temple: Explanation upon Entering the Academy." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 258.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Tofukuji Temple: Explanation upon Entering the Academy" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:258.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Tofukuji Temple: Explanation upon Entering the Academy. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 258).
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