Seven-Character Quatrain
Ink on paper
七言絕句 良寬
日本
良寬和尚詩書作品中，以書寫其日常生活者最為人所敬所賞。此軸即良寬自述托鉢化緣，兒童相見而笑語相對之事。凡三行，二十八字。
就紀錄所見，良寬對於中日書法大師皆有所臨習、取法，其草書一體，可以清楚見到唐代（618～907）僧人懷素《自敘帖》的影響。然而，良寬所書者並無懷素之圓勁，其飛白也不似懷素書作的強烈速度感，而是展現清淡的用筆，是良寬書風之迷人處。
良寬為日本江戶時代（1615～1868）後期的禪僧，其一生住草庵，行乞食，孤獨清貧而自在灑脫。
參考釋文：十字街頭乞食了八幡／宮邊方徘徊兒童相見共相／語去年癡僧今又來／良寬書
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 226.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seven-Character Quatrain." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 226.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Seven-Character Quatrain" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:226.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Seven-Character Quatrain. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 226).
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