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Advice to Tesshu Tokusai's Attendant
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Advice to Tesshu Tokusai's Attendant
CHINA; Yuan dynasty (1271–1368); By Zhongfeng Mingben; Running script; Ink on paper; Tokiwayama Bunko Foundation, Kamakura, Japan
Comprising 126 characters in 17 lines, this work of Master Zhongfeng Mingben is likely to have been composed in his old age. Made in response to a request from the attendant of Tesshu Tokusai, a monk from the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), this sermon advised that pondering over a topic of inquiry as part of meditation practice is a way to enlightenment. This work was listed as an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 1957.
Free from the influences of Yuan dynasty calligraphers, this work is characteristic of Zhongfeng Mingben's willow leaf style |
