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I Am the Tathagata’s Youngest Cousin

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我是如來最小之弟 董洵

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「我是如來最小之弟」語出《楞嚴經》。阿難是佛陀的堂弟,而同隨佛陀出家的眾王子中,屬阿難年齡最小,故阿難自稱之。
 朱文長方章,印文八字,屬多字印。布局方式,分成兩行排列,一行四字。此方是採用方正的字形,是師法漢代(206 BCE~220)印式,呈現平正端莊風格。用字方中帶圓,凡轉角處皆以圓筆處理,有繆篆體古雅的意趣。
 邊欄與印文同樣是細緻的線條,「來」、「弟」兩字的垂直線與底部的邊線連接。所用刀法含蓄,比較沒有雕鑿之痕,細邊細文,疏朗空靈,有清新脫俗的美感。
 董洵字企泉,號小池、念巢。清代(1644~1911)篆刻家、書畫家。浙江山陰(今紹興)人。善書畫、工詩。篆刻師法秦漢印,旁及唐(618~907)宋(960~1279)諸家,對丁敬亦多有取法,多用切刀,尤精於朱文小璽。曾官通判,後棄官,落魄京師,賣藝為生,與余集、黃鉞、董石芝等交善。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 305.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "I Am the Tathagata’s Youngest Cousin." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 305.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "I Am the Tathagata’s Youngest Cousin" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:305.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). I Am the Tathagata’s Youngest Cousin. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 305).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy },
pages = 305,
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year = {2016}}


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