Five-Character Quatrain
Ink on paper
五言絕句 擔當普荷
台灣
此卷為五言絕句，即每句五字，每首四句而合平仄格律的詩，應是擔當普荷禪師生活中的悟道心得。
此幅用筆瘦勁，姿態跌宕，或正或側，或屈或折；字形或大或小，筆致縱放，揮灑自如，隨機所到，自然成文，氣脈連貫。兩行草書虛多實少，並在一字之中，虛實互用，筆畫之間，彼此滲透出豐富之意趣。
擔當普荷俗姓唐，名泰，字大來。法名普荷，號擔當。明（1368～1644）末清（1644～1911）初臨濟宗高僧。工書畫，善詩詞，時譽「詩書畫三絕」。
參考釋文：活火煮春泉君子慎其前初交／淡若此歲久寧不然 擔當
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 76.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Five-Character Quatrain." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 76.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Five-Character Quatrain" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:76.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Five-Character Quatrain. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 76).
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