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Washing the Elephant

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掃象圖 丁雲鵬

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此圖以「掃象」為題,取「相」的諧音,寓意「掃相」,即破除一切名相的執著。鳩摩羅什譯《金剛般若波羅蜜經》云:「凡所有相,皆是虛妄……說法者,無法可說,是名說法。」畫中有乾隆皇帝(1735~1796在位)御題:「鹿苑談經本無一字象教指月/乃有三乘是三即一何有非無/慧日法雲尼拘律下大士偃坐/天人和南見有象者夫何不掃/彼三十二真塗毒鼓/乙丑(1745)嘉平御贊」。
 畫中老樹糾結盤曲,一彎流水呈「S」形自畫面蜿蜒流過;二童子持帚掃象,一童子執布拭象;其側有一菩薩倚坐而觀,左右環侍諸天神、羅漢等,布局疏密有致。
 此幅以淺青綠層層分染石塊,襯托出石的光影及形態。畫中人物線描有若行雲流水,眉鬚毫髮絲絲入微,極其工細。畫左下角一行款識「萬曆戊子(1588)春日之吉,奉佛弟子丁雲鵬敬寫」。丁雲鵬,字南羽,號聖華居士,工詩善畫,尤擅畫佛。是年丁雲鵬四十二歲。本幅書畫皆精,為其代表之作。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 966.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Washing the Elephant." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 966.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Washing the Elephant" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:966.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Washing the Elephant. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 966).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z},
pages = 966,
title = {{Washing the Elephant}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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