Zhong Kui is depicted in this painting wearing an official robe, black gauze official’s hat, and he is forcefully marching forward with a sword in his hand. Lyrical brushstrokes are used to create the creases and textures on his robe, with ink wash effects created in red. With harmoniously intense and light shades of ink, the calligraphic strokes and the dynamic movement of the character bring the painting together in a cohesive manner.
Xia Jing Shan looked deep into the meaning behind the concept of “enlighten the heart to see one’s own true nautre” through depicting Zhong Kui and believed that only through self-learning, self-training, self-awakening, and self-awareness could one then understand Buddhism’s intricate essence.
简中｜钟馗德相
Paintings
Xia Jing Shan
ink and color on paper
136x73
2011
題跋：真心修養人首先明白什麼是心
萬有萬物善惡好壞都是心的顯現有生都有滅
心有妄想心是思想意識心這是凡俗之心
最重要是真心真心是空性無形無相
不垢不淨不生不滅遍虛空循法界
是萬法之母真心唯有覺悟才能見
喻如燈火覺燈照破一切
無明癡暗亦名智慧燈
真正修行人不明心
見性似如蒸沙煮飯
八十八叟夏荊山藉
鍾魁像之緣
寫出人人都藏有真心大法寶
唯有自學自修自悟自覺自成佛
印記：佛光普照、色不異空空不異色、聖像妙法廣結善緣、楠竹居士、夏荊山、夏氏佛法精要、行深般若波羅密多、觀照般若、南無阿彌陀佛
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