Avatamsaka Sutra - Fascicle 41 (right end section)
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華嚴經卷第四十一 曹法壽
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北魏（386～534）寫經佳作之一。流傳至今的北朝（386～581）經卷，有書寫姓名及紀年者極為罕見，此卷末署「延昌二年（513）……敦煌鎮經生曹法壽所寫此經成訖」，彌足珍貴。
《大方廣佛華嚴經》又稱《華嚴經》，有三種譯本，本卷標題「大方廣佛華嚴經入法界品第三十四卷第四十一」，實為六十卷《華嚴經》卷四十四。
北朝寫經大都在敦煌藏經洞發現。此書雖留有一些隸意，但已純粹為楷書。其結體端整勻稱、秀麗遒勁，起筆細而收筆圓渾，線條流暢自然，波筆仍帶有隸書痕跡，反映了當時由隸入楷的演變過程，整體書風與北碑的雄渾方勁氣象迥異。
參考釋文：大方廣佛華嚴經入法界品第卅四卷第卌一／爾時佛在舍衛城祇樹給孤獨園大□□□／閣講堂與五百菩薩摩訶薩俱普賢菩□□／殊師利菩薩為上首夜光幢菩薩須彌山幢／菩薩寶幢菩薩無礙幢菩薩華幢菩薩離垢／幢菩薩日光幢菩薩正幢菩薩離塵幢菩薩／明淨幢菩薩大地端嚴菩薩寶端嚴菩薩大／慧端嚴菩薩金剛智端嚴菩薩離垢端嚴菩／薩法日端嚴菩薩功德山端嚴菩薩智光端／嚴菩薩普妙德端嚴菩薩大地藏菩薩虛空／藏菩薩蓮華藏菩薩寶藏菩薩日藏菩薩淨／德藏菩薩法印藏菩薩明淨藏菩薩齊藏菩／薩蓮華藏菩薩善德眼菩薩普見眼菩薩清／淨眼菩薩離垢眼菩薩無礙菩薩普眼菩薩
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Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avatamsaka Sutra - Fascicle 41." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 15.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Avatamsaka Sutra - Fascicle 41" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:15.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Avatamsaka Sutra - Fascicle 41. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 15).
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