New English Calligraphy - Zen Poetry III
$500
XU BING (B. 1955)
New English Calligraphy - Zen Poetry III
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
137 x 70 cm. (53 7/8 x 27 ½ in.)
Executed in 2004
INSCRIPTION:
In the history of Zen, Yeno (Hui-neng), traditionally considered the Sixth Patriarch of the Zen seat in China, cuts a most important figure. In fact, he is the founder of Zen as distinguished from the other Buddhist sects existing in China. The standard set up by him as the true explanation of Zen faith is this stanza:
The Bodhi (True Wisdom) is not like the tree,
The mirror bright is nowhere shining.
As there is nothing from the first,
Where does the dust itself collect?