Hongyi Couplet in Running Script from Avatamsaka Sutra
Details: 125×14×2
Description: Format: Pair of hanging scrolls, running script on paper
Seals: Two red seals on the upper scroll; Buddha-head red seal as head seal on the lower scroll
Inscription:
Upper scroll: Universally rely on the world, save all beings to illuminate the world.
Lower scroll: Free from all evil paths, escape from all perils.
Colophon: In the fifth month of the Renshen year, completed by Monk Xianxing from Bodhi Courtyard, at the age of fifty-three. Verses from the Samantabhadra Vows Chapter of the Avatamsaka Sutra translated in the Zhenyuan reign of Tang Dynasty.
Provenance: Old private collection
Publication: No record of publication
Description
This couplet is written by Monk Xianxing, excerpted from the *Avatamsaka Sutra*. The brushwork is mild and mellow, with calm and relaxed character structures. Without ostentation, it embodies the serene solemnity of Buddhist calligraphy. Created in the Renshen year when the author was fifty-three, the work features steady ink and profound Zen charm, an excellent calligraphy work with religious connotation.
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Details: 125×14×2
Description: Format: Pair of hanging scrolls, running script on paper
Seals: Two red seals on the upper scroll; Buddha-head red seal as head seal on the lower scroll
Inscription:
Upper scroll: Universally rely on the world, save all beings to illuminate the world.
Lower scroll: Free from all evil paths, escape from all perils.
Colophon: In the fifth month of the Renshen year, completed by Monk Xianxing from Bodhi Courtyard, at the age of fifty-three. Verses from the Samantabhadra Vows Chapter of the Avatamsaka Sutra translated in the Zhenyuan reign of Tang Dynasty.
Provenance: Old private collection
Publication: No record of publication
Description
This couplet is written by Monk Xianxing, excerpted from the *Avatamsaka Sutra*. The brushwork is mild and mellow, with calm and relaxed character structures. Without ostentation, it embodies the serene solemnity of Buddhist calligraphy. Created in the Renshen year when the author was fifty-three, the work features steady ink and profound Zen charm, an excellent calligraphy work with religious connotation.
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