時光假期 Art Times #1 Beauty of the Beast (2022.02)

專家說 (傳)石恪《二祖調心圖》近代經多次發表,雖款印存疑,然畫作實為佳構,不少畫 家均有臨仿。丁公此作或亦其一。作品中與虎同眠的僧人通常被認為是天臺山國清寺 的豐干禪師(約活躍於唐貞觀年間),相傳其蓄有一虎。宋代繪畫中產生了融合國清三 隱(寒山、拾得、豐干)與虎同眠的「四睡圖」。這種僧虎同眠的情景,反映出人獸雖為異 類卻殊途同歸,以及現實與夢境纏結、人生如幻影的意象,由此可觀禪宗三昧。 While its attribution to Shike is yet to be confirmed with problematic seals and inscriptions, the painting The Second Zen Patriarch in Contemplation is indeed a brilliant work that attracted numerous re-interpretations by later artists. This piece by Ting Yin-yung might be one of these attempts. In this kind of work, the monk sleeping with a tiger is usually identified as Monk Fenggan of the Guoqing Temple in Tiantai Mountain, active in the Zhenguan period of the Tang dynasty. In the Song dynasty, the motif was developed into “The Four Asleep”, featuring the three hermits of the Guoqing Temple (Hanshan, Shide and Fenggan) and a tiger sleeping together, which brings out the unification of man and beast; reality and fantasy in the heart of Zen Buddhism. The expert says

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