Commentary on the Vimalakirti Sutra - Fascicle 4 (detail)
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淨名玄論
日本
此書作卷四末有「慶雲參年（706）」題記，可知書於白鳳時代。日本有紀年的現存古寫經中，此卷是僅次於《金剛場陀羅尼經》，是寫經珍品。《淨名玄論》為隋代（581～618）嘉祥吉藏大師所著，主要論述《維摩詰經》的要旨。此論很早就流傳至日本，故此卷《淨名玄論》抄本距離吉藏年代不過百年，是相當可信的研究資料，不但是日本最早的古抄本，也是全世界最早的抄本。一九七四年指定為日本國寶。
此卷書寫較為快速，字勢也因為回鋒迅捷而多見扁平構形。然用筆保留早期寫經的隸勢按捺，使轉仍存鋒芒，整體不因用筆快速而流滑，反而調和了隸勢遲重，展現了寫經少見的自由勁利之氣。
參考釋文：答般若名慧是照境之名果地一切智亦從照境為稱二名相主故云因名般若果名／一切智方便就用為目一切種智從境立名兩義不同故經論不云方便變為一切種智然／方便雖不從境立名而體實照有故得變為種智雖復無文理權應爾又因中名／權實二慧果名權實兩智亦得即是其文／淨名玄論卷第四 宗旨上／慶雲參年十二月伍日記
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 35.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Commentary on the Vimalakirti Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 35.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Commentary on the Vimalakirti Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:35.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Commentary on the Vimalakirti Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 35).
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