Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Panruo boluomiduo xin jing般若波羅蜜多心經)
Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Panruo boluomiduo xin jing般若波羅蜜多心經)
Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Panruo boluomiduo xin jing般若波羅蜜多心經)
Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Panruo boluomiduo xin jing般若波羅蜜多心經)

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Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Panruo boluomiduo xin jing般若波羅蜜多心經),

1744 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)

Hongli 弘曆, calligrapher, 1711–1799
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1958-220

Information

Title
Heart Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Panruo boluomiduo xin jing般若波羅蜜多心經)
Dates

1744 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)

Maker
Hongli 弘曆 , calligrapher
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
image: 147.8 x 54.5 cm. (58 3/16 x 21 7/16 in.) 168 x 58.8 cm. (66 1/8 x 23 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1958-220
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
For transcription and translation of sutra text, see https://chungtai.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Sutra-1-Heart-Sutra.pdf 般若波羅蜜多心經 觀自在菩薩。行深般若波羅蜜多時。 照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄。舍利子。 色不異空。空不異色。色即是空。空 即是色。受想行識。亦復如是。舍利子。是諸法空相。不生不滅。不 垢不淨。不增不減。是故空中無色。 無受想行識。無眼耳鼻舌身意。無色 聲香味觸法。無眼界。乃至無意識界。 無無明。亦無無明盡。乃至無老死。 亦無老死盡。無苦集滅道。 無智亦無得。以無所得故。菩提薩埵。 依般若波羅蜜多故。心無罣礙。無罣 礙故。無有恐怖。遠離顛倒夢想。究 竟涅槃。三世諸佛。依般若波羅蜜多 故。得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。故知般 若波羅蜜多。是大神咒。是大明咒。是 無上咒。是無等等咒。能除一切苦。真 實不虛。故說般若波羅蜜多咒。即說 咒曰。揭諦揭諦。波羅揭諦。波羅僧 揭諦。菩提薩婆訶。 般若波羅蜜多心經 乾隆甲子秋九月御筆敬書 Left, bottom of pictorial scene: 丁觀鹏敬摹
Marks/Labels/Seals
Hongli 弘曆 (1711-1799; Qianlong emperor) “Qianlong chenhan” 乾隆宸翰, sq. relief “Chizao wei chun” 摛藻為春, sq. intaglio
Description

The Heart Sutra in the calligraphy of the Qianlong emperor is written in eleven columns flanked by the title of the sutra repeated at right and left along with the emperor’s inscription dated 1744. The title is also written in large seal-script calligraphy in a band across the top. Below the sutra text is a scene showing a figure and attendant in a cave looking out at a figure walking on turbulent waves of a mountain stream. This scene is said to be the Tongzi lifo tu 童子禮佛图 by the Qianlong emperor as copied by the court artist Ding Guanpeng 丁觀鹏 (d. ca. 1770). A decorative band encircles all.

The engraved stone from which this rubbing was taken was carved in 1744 on a stele erected in front of the Dahongbao Dian 大雄寶殿hall in the Fayuan Si 法源寺 temple, Beijing. The Qianlong emperor’s Fayuan Si zhanli shi 法源寺瞻禮詩 was cut in 1780 on the back of this stele.

Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
rubbings
Subject
inscriptions, religious art, Buddhism

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