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金剛經 文震孟

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此經旨在破除人我的執著,體證般若空相的真諦。自古講說此經者特多,尤以禪宗六祖惠能以來更受重視。冊頁裝,共十三頁,每頁高18.9公分,寬21公分,凡三百六十行。由卷後自識「佛弟子文震孟薰沐拜書」,亦見其虔敬。
 此書氣質溫雅,線質柔和,與文徵明結字精謹而線質勁直的典型書風有別,品質似略遜文徵明一籌。然而,其書寫此楷書長卷,字字盡心,通篇氣質一貫,毫無懈態,結字端正有法,實在是一件品質不錯的佳作。
 文震孟為文徵明的曾孫,擅詩文,工書,承家學,是明代(1368~1644)重要書畫家。曾與諸文士奔走於江蘇聖恩禪寺寺基之購回,並請漢月法藏禪師常駐於此,可知其甚關心佛事。
 參考釋文:金剛般若波羅蜜經/姚秦三藏法師鳩摩羅什奉詔譯/如是我聞一時佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤/獨園與大比丘眾千二百五十人□爾/時世尊食時著衣持鉢入舍衛大城乞/食於其城中次第乞已還至本處飯食/訖收衣鉢洗足已敷座而坐時長老須/菩提在大眾中即從座起偏袒右肩右/膝著地合掌恭敬而白佛言希有世尊/如來善護念諸菩薩善囑付諸菩薩世/尊善男子善女人發阿耨多羅三藐三/菩提心云何應住云何降伏其心佛言/善哉善哉須菩提如汝所說如來善護/念諸菩薩善囑付諸菩薩汝今諦聽當/為汝說善男子善女人發阿耨多羅三/藐三菩提心應如是住如是降伏其心/唯然世尊願樂欲聞佛告須菩提諸菩/薩摩訶薩應如是降伏其心所有一切

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 53.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Diamond Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 53.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Diamond Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:53.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Diamond Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 53).
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