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Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra

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金剛經卷首圖

甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土

甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土。十世紀初作品。為《金剛般若波羅蜜經》卷首圖。作品下方及右下角殘損。
 《金剛般若波羅蜜經》略稱《金剛經》,全文約五千餘字,分成三十二分,內容以佛陀與弟子須菩提之間的問答為主,闡述一切法無我的道理。佛演說此經之地點在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園,須菩提為當機眾,向佛請法。自古講述、注釋、持誦《金剛經》者多,為佛教的重要經典之一,經中最著名的偈語為「一切有為法,如夢幻泡影,如露亦如電,應作如是觀」。
 此卷首圖繪佛坐於蓮座上說法,帶多重頭光及身光;周圍有四菩薩、二弟子合十聞法,均面向右側。佛與菩薩頭光上方可見背景的花樹,筆法減略。佛前設一香案,案上置三樣供具;案前一比丘胡跪於臥具上,虔誠合十,描繪的是《金剛經》中須菩提請法的場面。
 基本構圖與現藏於大英圖書館的唐咸通九年(868)《金剛經》卷首圖版畫大致相同,唯構圖、布局較為簡略,人物主次並不分明,不似一般佛畫中,主尊畫的較大,菩薩、弟子則較小。另外,此作僅簡單地描繪出八位人物,布局亦較粗略,而無說法圖給人的宏大場面之感。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 589.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 589.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:589.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 589).
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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 I-O},
pages = 589,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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