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Dandang Puhe (1593-1673)
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Dandang Puhe (1593-1673)
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Dandang Puhe (1593-1673)
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Dandang Puhe (1593-1673)
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Dandang Puhe (1593-1673)
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Dandang Puhe (1593-1673)
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Dandang Puhe (1593-1673)
CHINA, Yunnan, Kunming; Ming to Qing dynasty (1368–1911)
Born in Jinning county of Kunming, Dandang Puhe was a Chan monk who had an original name of Tang Tai and an alias of Da Lai. He renounced under Chan Master Wuzhu and subsequently traveled to study under well-known masters in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Master Dandang attained realization under the guidance of Master Zhanran, the Sixth patriarch of the Tiantai school, and eventually settled in Shizhong Temple in Yunnan. His written works include Bequeathed Poems of Dandang, Hundred Rhymes of Flower-Nipping Ode, and Snapping Grass Hut; later generations compiled his works into Complete Collection of Dandang's Calligraphy and Paintings.
Master Dandang was a well-versed artist in the three disciplines of painting, poetry, and calligraphy. In his earlier years, he learned painting under Dong Qichang. His landscape paintings were modeled after that of Huang Gongwang and Ni Zan, utilizing a dry brush with flowing and unhindered strokes. Exhibiting a spiritual and graceful style that was full of Chan essence, his works earned the praise, Poems within paintings |
