逃禅与结社:《半偈庵图》新解

Escaping from Zen and Forming an Association:A new interpretation of the Banji Convent

王穉登卜筑吴门,以“半偈庵”作为矫迹栖遁之所。友人过访,纷纷为半偈庵赋诗,文嘉并绘《半偈庵图》,以相酬赠。考诸半偈庵的相关文字内容,不仅运用习佛修禅的意象,还关涉古代高贤“结莲社”的典故。图像上,则以“舍内静待-舍外求访”的模式,有效营造出僧俗交往的社交空间,同时亦反映出当时流行的一种图像模式。

Wang Zhideng settled in Suzhou and built Banji Convent as a place to retreat.His friends often visited and wrote poems for the Banji Convent.Aslo,the painter Wen Jia drew The Painting of Banji ConventThe text content related to Banji Convent not only used the imagery of Buddhism,but also the historical allusions of Buddhist assemblies’ of the ancient sages.In terms of image,the mode of’waiting in the house and asking for a visit outside the house’was used to effectively create a social space for the Buddhists and the secular to communicate,which also reflected a popular image mode at that time.