Mogao Cave 17: Mahaparinirvana Sutra - Fascicle 9 (right end section)
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大般涅槃經卷第九
中國
甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土。此經卷末有「天和元年（566）……比丘法定發願造涅槃經一部」題記，當為北周（557～581）所書，無書者名。北周武帝於建德二年（573）下令毀佛，破壞佛教文物，尤其紙本寫經難以長期保存，今有經卷出土，難能可貴。該卷旨在宣說一切眾生悉有佛性，如來隨諸眾生而為說法，令其安住於無上菩提道。
此書雖為北朝（386～581）寫經，但漸趨工整秀逸，與北碑的遒勁古拙書風有別。其運筆流暢圓熟，帶有行書筆意；點畫結構勻稱，捺筆略往上挑，遺有隸意，整體透出沉著穩健的意趣。與鍾繇古楷有一定的承繼發展關係。卷後題記較草率，似非同一人所書。
參考釋文：故名為父母復次善男子如人生子始十六／月雖復語言未可解了而彼父母欲教其語／先同其音漸漸教之是父母語可不正耶不／也世尊善男子諸佛如來亦復如是隨諸眾／生種種音聲而為說法為令安住佛正法故／隨所應見而為示現種種形像如來如是同／彼語言可不正耶不也世尊何以故如來所／說如師子吼隨順世間種種音聲而為眾生／嘆說妙法／大般涅槃經卷第九／天和元年歲在辰巳十二月七日比丘法定發願造涅槃經一部／上薦天帝釋四天大王龍王八神部軍王國主七世父母現在所／生父母師僧眷屬下及三塗地獄一切眾生普同此福／又願法定捨身之後不經三塗不經八難不生惡國不生／邊地不生邪見不見惡王不生貧窮不生醜陋生生世世／治佛聞法聰明生生世世遇善知識所以從心
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 162.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Mahaparinirvana Sutra - Fascicle 9." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 162.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Mahaparinirvana Sutra - Fascicle 9" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:162.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Mahaparinirvana Sutra - Fascicle 9. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 162).
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