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Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Ten Kings of Hell

Ink and color on silk

地藏十王圖

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。十世紀中葉作品。此圖繪於深藍色絹上,由黝深的背景表現出冥府的情境。
 《地藏菩薩發心因緣十王經》記載,人死亡之後,於冥途中,經過秦廣王、初江王、宋帝王、五官王、閻魔王、變成王、太山王、平等王、都市王、道轉輪王等十王的善惡審判。其中亦提到地藏王菩薩發願之因緣。最後以,「諸行無常,是生滅法。生滅滅已,寂滅為樂。」佛性偈結語。
 畫中地藏菩薩披帽,面部、胸部肌膚賦金,頭光、衣服及蓮座上點綴著菱形的碎金箔。背光放射出象徵六道的波浪形光芒,但沒有繪出代表六道的小像。善、惡童子分立兩旁。
 立於蓮座前的是僧人道明、金獅子及祈求救度的男性亡靈。蓮座兩側十王列坐,各執笏。圖右側最靠近地藏者為第五閻羅王,戴冕旒,身後站著分持筆及記錄簿的文官。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 617.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Ten Kings of Hell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 617.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Ten Kings of Hell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:617.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Ten Kings of Hell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 617).
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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 = 617,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Ten Kings of Hell}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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