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明中大恆 丁敬

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明中大恆,清代(1644~1911)名僧。初名演中,字大恆,號嘯崖,浙江桐鄉人,俗姓施。善作詩,亦擅長繪畫,偶而寄情於篆刻。幼薙髮於嘉興楞嚴寺,晚年主杭州聖因寺、淨慈寺。乾隆皇帝(1735~1796在位)南巡時,賜大和尚紫衣三次。
 這方印是浙派鼻祖丁敬,為大和尚釋明中所刻的姓名章,與「西湖禪和」合為對印。完成於清乾隆十二年(1747)。
 「明中大恆」為四字朱文印,規整方正的字體,二大二小的印文互為穿插,且鎔鑄秦漢以降風格於一爐,此印氣勢開闊,篆法流暢。刀法以碎切為主,有蒼勁鈍拙的刀趣,此印筆、墨、刀三者之運用十分純熟,是一方能散發書卷氣韻的印章。
 丁敬字敬身、鈍丁,號硯林、龍泓山人、孤雲石叟。清代篆刻家。浙江錢塘(今杭州)人。詩書畫印皆精,後世推舉為西泠八家第一人、浙派篆刻之開創者。
 邊款釋文:丁卯冬丁敬為/大恆社友和尚

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 311.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mingzhong Daheng." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 311.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Mingzhong Daheng" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:311.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Mingzhong Daheng. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 311).
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