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生歡喜心 袁宮桂

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「生歡喜心」出自諸佛教經典,如《雜寶藏經》云:「有一童女,乘車遊戲,欲向園中,道逢如來,廻車避道,生歡喜心。」說明童女巧遇佛陀,心生歡喜。
 此四字白文印,是以兩大字與兩小字,用對角呼應的方式布局,「生」與「心」二字筆畫少,占據的空間小,反之「歡」與「喜」二字筆畫較多,所以占據的空間則大些。印文看似繆篆書寫而成,但部分結構又像圓筆的小篆,是有方有圓雜揉的字型,「歡」字似大篆的結構,這字有些突兀,若是字型能統一些更佳。
 所用刀法,是以圓潤的方式鑿刻而成,不慍不火的走刀,技法十分熟稔,驅刀如筆。整體風格呈現了方中帶圓,圓中有方的意趣。
 袁宮桂,生卒年不詳。字阮山。清代(1644~1911)江蘇無錫人。《續印人傳》曾載:「尊甫上簡性,倜儻善劍術,從虛舟王侍讀遊,精小篆,工漢隸。⋯⋯刻印明大小二篆,不可混而為一。」

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 309.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Maintain a Joyful Mind." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 309.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Maintain a Joyful Mind" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:309.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Maintain a Joyful Mind. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 309).
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