Great Creation and Destruction Sutra - Fascicle 3 (left end section)
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大樓炭經 蘇慶節
日本
《大樓炭經》共六卷，此卷為第三卷之部分。由卷末尾題「咸亨四年（673）章武郡公蘇慶節為父邢國公敬造一切經」，可知此卷是蘇慶節為紀念其父蘇定方忌辰而恭書。
蘇定方在《舊唐書》中有傳，正可確認此經卷之可信度。《大樓炭經》，略稱《樓炭經》，內載須彌四洲之相狀、世界之成立及破壞的時期等內容。一九五二年指定為日本國寶。
此卷楷字端重，筆道硬實有力，已非早期寫經體的隸意，不失為展現唐楷成就的作品之一。
參考釋文：七寶壁欄楯刀分樹木周匝圍繞垣高十萬／里廣六萬里四方有四門門高十萬里廣六／萬里一一門邊各有三百阿須輪止其宮殿亦／以七寶作七重壁七重欄楯刀分樹木周匝／七重流水深滿中有青紅黃白蓮華底沙皆／金復次七重欄楯刀分樹木周匝圍繞有青／紅黃白樹生樹生華葉實上有種種飛鳥甚／好相和而鳴抄多尸利阿須輪城中有大／樹名為畫過度高十二萬里周匝亦十二萬／里根深二萬里莖圍四萬里常有華實抄多／尸利阿須輪身高二萬八千里四千里者有／高二萬里有高萬六千里者有高二千里有／高八千里有七聲者長六聲者五聲者四聲／者三聲者二聲者最小者長聲抄多尸利阿／阿須輪宮有四品常待風持之何等為四一／者不可壞風二者堅住風三者持風四者上／風是為四品風主持水在上如浮雲矣／大樓炭經卷第三／咸亨四年章武郡公蘇慶節為父邢國公敬造一切經
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 85.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Great Creation and Destruction Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 85.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Great Creation and Destruction Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:85.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Great Creation and Destruction Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 85).
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