IAMA Art Museum in San Francisco
Artist: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
About Chinese Calligraphy
Throughout history, no art form is able to reflect a person’s moral character and knowledge except for Chinese calligraphy. The aura created by a person’s achievements in a field of study or his creations of art can often cover up his deficiencies in knowledge and character. But that is not the case in Chinese calligraphy, which is like a three-dimensional projecting mirror. The depth of one’s knowledge, the level of one’s moral character, and the strength of one’s mind are revealed through the brushstrokes and they cannot be concealed. How one writes ordinarily in Chinese characters tells how well educated one is. It is all the more true in terms of calligraphy using the traditional brush pen and cotton paper.
Looking at Chinese history, we see without exception that all the famous calligraphers were great masters of literature who had profound knowledge. Examples include Wang Xizhi, Huai Su, He Shaoji, Yue Fei, Yu Youren, among others. They were all well-learned and paragons of virtue.
In addition, the style of the brushstrokes, the content of the writing, and the arrangement of the text convey the moral sentiment, ideals and characters of a man. General Yan Zhenqing, a famous calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, was also a brave, compassionate and patriotic army general. One can easily empathize with his uprightness by reading his calligraphy works.
Therefore, Chinese calligraphy is an art form that enjoys as high a status as painting in China. The museum has a rich collection of Chinese calligraphy works that range from the past to the present.
書法是中國藝術形式中最為獨特的一種，因為它所表現的不僅僅是筆畫線條之美，它同時能呈現出書法家的情感，學識水平和道德品性。要成為一個真正的書法大家，不但要學習好毛筆的使用技巧，還需要有非常高的學識和品德，特別是內斂修養的神韻。
第三世多杰羌佛文化藝術館藏有許多H.H.第三世多杰羌佛的書法作品。無論是行書、草書、楷書，它們都同樣的呈現出佛陀無量的智慧和無上的道德。
H.H.第三世多杰羌佛的書法能達到如此登峰造極的境界，全然來源於他博大的學識，精深的才華，當然臨帖的功夫對於佛陀來說一揮體成，而紮實雄厚，方能自成大家。比如H.H.三世多杰羌佛在初涉書門之時，即有傳統草書的堅實功夫和博大學識的修養，我們見到書法的第一張，即是初學草書的功底，而以他自吟之七絕詩 『華宮日月麗陽天，喜乘西風六月閒，故朋來從叭聲望，始知暑氣已冬殘』 何等詩句脫盡煙火之氣，高風清奇，不染塵俗。
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