Avatamsaka Service Supplication (detail)
Ink on satin
華嚴疏 黃庭堅
中國
黃庭堅約四十餘歲時所書。凡十九行，一百一十三字。據卷後黃庭堅自識可知，巽上人為作華嚴佛事，請其隨緣相助，遂就事成文。先刻劃僧人平日誦經神態，再點出祈請布施襄贊華嚴佛事的主題，並以自身書作贈與布施之人。
黃庭堅為北宋（960～1127）詩人、書法家，與蘇軾、米芾、蔡襄並稱「宋四大家」。崇奉佛教，其行楷馳名於書史，結字中心緊結而輻射外出，是其成熟的風格特色。然此作為黃氏稍早所書，結字較為寬和。章法雖不似晚年跌宕而多韻致，但平正間也展現一種書寫上的盡心敬意，是黃庭堅書作之佳品。
參考釋文：陀三五聲追／薦東村李胡子／生天西山裏孟／八郎強健福
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 11.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avatamsaka Service Supplication." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 11.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Avatamsaka Service Supplication" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:11.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Avatamsaka Service Supplication. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 11).
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