《罗汉写经图》另考——禅宗文化演绎中的“寒山、拾得、丰干三圣图”

"Three Buddhist-Sutras-Copying Arhats":A Painting of Hanshan,Shide and Fenggan,the Three Saints in the Zen Culture

《罗汉写经图》是一幅流传有序的宗教名画。但由于此画作者佚名,所以围绕此画历来评述颇多,既有共识,又有争议。从画面的构图、人物的形象以及作品创作的特定时代信息和文化背景分析,《罗汉写经图》既不是一般的"罗汉图",也非单一的"写经图",而是一幅深度体现禅宗文化及其演绎中的出自文人画家或得道高僧之手的"寒山、拾得、丰干三圣图"。

“Three Buddhist-Sutras-Copying Arhats”is a famous religious painting.However,as its painter is un-known,reviewers”comments vary from person to person.There is something in common but there are more dis-putes.An anaysis of the composition of the picture,the images of the figures in it and the specific information and cultural background of the work of art suggests that the painting is not an ordinary“painting of arhats”,nor a sim-ple painting of“Buddhist sutras copying”,but rather one that embodies an in-depth Zen cultureand a painting depic-ting Hanshan,Shide and Fenggan,the three legendary Buddhist saints by a literary painter or an enlightened high monk.