This painting depicts Zhong Kui with lyrical ink gestures, with the features on his bearded face delicately portrayed and his hand gestures and posture exaggerated. The overlapping inscriptions give the piece an enhanced sense of complexity with the layers created.
The words inscribed by Xia Jing Shan serve as a warm reminder about the universe’s order and how there will always be consequences for good or evil acts. We must always be mindful and cultivate our moral character. A blessed person is a person that is righteous and virtuous.
简中｜钟馗
Paintings
Xia Jing Shan
ink and color on paper
139x73
2011
題跋：人生在世間首先明白天地宇宙萬有萬物生生不息之變化 都是陰陽五形生剋自然規律 世間吉凶禍福都是善惡因果 報應亦是自然規律自作自受 無人能替 時年八十七於京都 夏荊山興擬 正大歪斜善惡 好壞凡夫成聖都是在一念 一年之根源就是心 所以真心修養明心見性是關鑰 心正得高才是真心有福之人 死時定善終不受苦 死后靈魂定超升 亦是自然規律 辛卯年十二月時客雲峰山莊夏荊山作
印記：佛像肖形、聖像妙法寶鑑、聖像妙法廣結善緣、夏荊山佛學典藏之寶、夏氏荊山、楠竹居士、佛光普照、楠竹居士、夏光樺印、夏荊山印、佛法難聞、荊山書畫、不空不有、明心見性見性成佛、南無阿彌陀佛
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