书画禅
Shu Hua Chan
Chan Meditation with calligraphy and painting
禅，今已沦为俗滥标签。
禅字易用，禅名易附，禅式易摆，禅境难达，禅味难得，禅意难求。
禅意与书法极易搭界，中国书画由写实向写意，由画师字匠向文人画家之变，因禅学遍兴而滥觞。
禅意之“心一境胜”、“明心见性”，顿悟渐参，与书画修习极易契合。吾观历朝书坛画苑巨擘及书风画趣流变，得悟：禅意书画，必臻三境：
一曰禅之范，即书之技法，求自然浑朴，求天趣自成，求摒弃雕饰，求反对做作。
二曰禅之神，即书之内容，求禅之心性，求禅之修为，求禅之顿悟，求禅之智慧。
三曰禅之韵，即书之研习，与禅共进；书者即禅者；为人作事，真诚平实，尊真君子，拜真如来；习真功夫，长真本事；铺纸日课，磨墨禅修；书画修行，脱俗趣味；格调高古，韵致丰富；知行合一，境界自达。
Chan Buddhism has become a popular label nowadays.
The Chan Buddhism word is easy to use, the Chan Buddhism name is easy to attach, the Chan Buddhism style is easy to arrange. But the Chan Buddhism realm is difficult to reach, the Chan meditation is difficult to practice and the Chan enlightenment is hard to achieve.
The Chan Buddhism and calligraphy can be easily connected. The popularity of Chan Buddhism is exactly the reason why Chinese painting and calligraphy have changed from realism to freehand brushwork and why the practitioners have changed from craftsmen and painters to literati and artists.
The Chan meaning of "the mind wins the environment" and "the mind sees the nature", along with the insight becoming gradually involved, easily corresponds with the practice of painting and calligraphy. I have observed the changes and historical developments of the calligraphy styles and painting tastes and I have seen the great literary and artistic works of the past dynasties. I realize that if one wants to create calligraphy and painting works of Chan Buddhism, there are three levels that must be reached.
One is the Chan Buddhism style, which is the skill of the calligraphy that seeks natural simplicity and natural charm, abandons carving and opposes to affectation.
The second is the Chan Buddhism spirit, which is the content of the calligraphy, that seeks the mind of Chan Buddhism, the cultivation of Chan Buddhism, the insight of Chan Buddhism and the wisdom of Chan Buddhism.
The third is the Chan Buddhism charm, which is the study of calligraphy, that makes progress together with Chan Buddhism; calligrapher himself is a Chan Buddhist; while getting along in the world, one should be sincere and honest; be respectful for men of virtue and worship the true Buddha; learn the true Kung Fu and become proficient in the real skills; stick to daily study courses, grind the ink and practice Chan meditation every day; practice Chan Buddhism in calligraphy and painting, be detached from material things and seek a joyful taste. Pursue ancient style and differentiate the manners sensitively; keep the unity of knowledge and practice hence the Chan Buddhism level can be attained naturally.
行草横幅屈原《湘君》
纵98厘米 横180厘米
Calligraphy：written by Yin Tongjun on a Horizontal Scroll in Semi-Cursive Script
Poem：“The King of Xiang River” written by Qu Yuan
Length: 98 cm, Width: 180 cm
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释文：
君不行兮夷犹 蹇谁留兮中洲
美要眇兮宜修 沛吾乘兮桂舟
令沅湘兮无波 使江水兮安流
望夫君兮未来 吹参差兮谁思
驾飞龙兮北征 邅吾道兮洞庭
薜荔柏佤兮蕙绸 荪桡兮兰旌
望涔阳兮极浦 横大江兮扬灵
扬灵兮未极 女婵媛兮为余太息
横流涕兮潺湲 隐思君兮陫侧
桂棹兮兰枻 斫冰兮积雪
采薜荔兮水中 搴芙蓉兮木末
心不同兮媒劳 恩不甚兮轻绝
石濑兮浅浅 飞龙兮翩翩
交不忠兮怨长 期不信兮告余以不闲
鼂骋骛兮江皋 夕弭节兮北渚
鸟次兮屋上 水周兮堂下
捐余玦兮江中 遗余佩兮澧浦
采芳兮杜若 将以遗兮下女
时不可兮再得 聊逍遥兮容与
Interpretation:
Why are you not coming? Who has detained you from leaving that isle?
I have dressed up with my gorgeous appearance and hurried to meet you in a cassia boat riding the speeding waves.
Why can’t I feel the streams of Yuan and Xiang River flowing forward? What I have felt was all the stagnation of the waters going calmly.
I have been expecting in vain and you have not appeared on time; for whom am I playing the Pandean pipes to cheer?
I take the dragon-winged boat and fleet north; I turn my way and sail to the Dong-ting lake.
I take ficus pumila as mural clothing and cymbidium as a curtain; I decorate iris sanguinea on the flagpole crank and vanilla on the top of the flag.
I look distantly from the lake to the waterfront of Cen-yang, your blazing glow glares boundlessly!
I can’t control my sadness as I can’t reach you; even the handmaids are sighing for me in pity.
I shed tears that stream down so drippingly; as I, pining for you, mourn my forlornness.
I pull cassia oars over magnolia planks, and I feel that chasing you is like chopping ice from snow banks.
Why pick ficus pumila on the stream while it grows on the hill? Why pluck lotus flower from high tree twig while it flourishes in the water?
If two people’s hearts have parted from each other, the matchmaker is useless. If the lovers’ affection is not deep, they will be easily separated.
The rapids I pass are too shallow to gurgle with a loud sound; your flitting dragons are too far to be found.
When the troth is light, the complaint must be long; since the plight is remiss, the sad rue is foregone.
At morn, I rush and ride madly by the River; at dusk, I pace on the north bank of the water.
Birds stop to perch on the thatched roofs over walls; currents of a rill wind along below the halls.
I throw your incised gem hoop near the water; and leave your jade pendant by the Li River.
I cull pollia bouquets from the green isle and give it to the handmaid.
The good occasion could not happen again; I'd better remain in carefree life at ease.
行楷劝君与尔联
纵180厘米 横68厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Quanjun Yuer” in Style between the Running Script and the Standard Script
Length: 180 cm, Width: 68 cm
释文：
劝君更尽一杯酒 与尔同销万古愁
Interpretation:
I invite you to drink again a cup of wine and we shall make the woes of ten thousand generations drown.
草书斗方《山居秋暝》
纵96厘米 横96厘米
“Autumn Evening in the Mountains” Written on a Square Paper in Cursive Script
Length: 96 cm, Width: 96 cm
释文：
空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。
明月松间照，清泉石上流。
竹喧归浣女，莲动下渔舟。
随意春芳歇，王孙自可留。
Interpretation:
After fresh rain in mountains bare
Autumn permeates the evening air
Among pine-trees bright moonbeams peer
Over crystal stones flows water clear
Bamboos whisper of washer-maids back
Lotus stirs when fishing boat wades
Though fragrant spring may pass away
Still here's the place for you to stay
行书横幅杜甫联
纵66厘米 横133厘米
Calligraphy：written by Yin Tongjun on a Horizontal Scroll in Semi-Cursive Script
Couplet：written by Du Fu
Length 66 cm, Width 133 cm
释文：
侧身天地更怀古 独立苍茫自咏诗
Interpretation:
When turning and looking at the earth and sky, you will think more of the old sages.
When standing alone on the vastness, you will be easily moved to sing songs.
篆书中堂和声平顶联
纵138厘米 横66厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Hesheng Pingding” Central Hall Hanging Scroll in Seal Script
Length: 138 cm, Width: 66 cm
释文：
和声风动竹栖凤 平顶云铺松化龙
Interpretation:
The bamboos are tall and straight and the green leaves are flying up and down in the wind and sound. It looks like a beautiful and noble phoenix perching in there to play games.
The pines are strong and unyielding and the treetops are flattened by the clouds. It looks like a proud and vigorous dragon lying in there to fly high.
行书柴米琴棋联
纵138厘米 横66厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Fuel Rice Music Chess” in Running Script
Length: 138 cm, Width: 66 cm
释文：
柴米油盐酱茶醋 琴棋书画诗酒花
Interpretation:
Fuel and Rice and Oil, Salt, Sauces, Tea and Vinegar
Music, Chess, Books and Drawing, with Odes and Wine and Flowers
草书横幅《插秧歌》
纵98厘米 横180厘米
“The Song of Planting Rice-Seedlings” Written on a Horizontal Scroll in Cursive Script
Length 98 cm, Width 180 cm
释文：
手把青秧插满田 低头便见水中天
花草作肥多收稻 退步原来是向前
改布袋和尚插秧歌丁酉冬
湘君一笔墨书之
Interpretation:
My hands are full of green rice-seedlings and there is a paddy field waiting for plantings
My head bows down to plant them and I see the sky revealing in the water
My fertilizers are flowers and grasses and there is a rice harvest cheering for me
I walk backwards to plant them but actually I am forward at the same time
Poem: rewritten from the Fabric Bag Monk’s “Song of Planting Rice-Seedlings” in winter, 2017
Calligraphy：written by Xiangjun in one stroke
楷书横幅动静等观
纵66厘米 横138厘米
“Activity and Stillness Should Have Equal Weight” Written on a Horizontal Scroll in Standard Script
Length 66 cm, Width 138 cm
行书横幅手洇腹有联
纵66厘米 横138厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Shouyin Fuyou” Written on a Horizontal Scroll in Running Script
Length 66 cm, Width 138 cm
释文：
手洇文墨虚怀若谷 腹有诗书浩气自华
Interpretation:
Brush In hand, modesty in mind
Wisdom in hold, elegance in mold
2017年10月，湖南省行政学院出访哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图市经济统计学院以湘君书法作外事礼品赠送哈方。
In October 2017, the Hunan Provincial Administration Academy visited the Economic Statistics Academy in Almaty, Kazakhstan and presented Xiangjun’s calligraphy work to Kazakhstan as a foreign affairs gift.
草书横幅我抱人怀联
纵66厘米 横133厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Wobao Renhuai” Written on a Horizontal Scroll in Cursive Script
Length 66 cm, Width 133 cm
释文：
我抱乾坤小如舍利 人怀智慧大同菩提
Interpretation:
I embrace heaven and earth as small as a Buddhist relic
I cherish wisdom and awareness as great as the Boddhi
行书望梧抚松联
纵180厘米 横33厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Wangwu Fusong” in Running Script
Length 180 cm, Width 33 cm
释文：
望梧更惜雏凤翅 抚松独爱老龙鳞
Interpretation:
Looking at the dense and flourishing Chinese parasol trees from distance, my heart cherishes the leaves more like the young phoenix’s wings.
Touching the green and exuberant pines in front, my heart loves most the rough and bursting barks like the flying dragon’s scales.
行书百年万事联
纵180厘米 横33厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Bainian Wanshi” in Running Script
Length 180 cm, Width 33 cm
释文：
百年休问几时好 万事只从明日看
Interpretation:
Don’t ask when is the best time in a hundred years
Everything should only be seen from tomorrow
篆书斗方山静池清联
纵66厘米 横66厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Shanjing Chiqing” Written on a Square Paper in Seal Script
Length: 66 cm, Width: 66 cm
释文：
山静竹生韵 池清兰自香
Interpretation:
If the mountain is quiet, bamboos here naturally have a charm.
If the pool is clear, orchids here naturally have a fragrance.
行草烹三焚一联
纵66厘米 横66厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Pengsan Fenyi” in Semi-Cursive Script
Length: 66 cm, Width: 66 cm
释文：
烹三道茶熏隐士 焚一炉香醉美人
Interpretation:
Make a three-course tea to smoke the hermit
Burn a stove of incense to charm the beauty
行草横幅书唐句试纸
纵66厘米 横133厘米
Poetry in the Tang Dynasty Written on a Horizontal Scroll in Semi-Cursive Script
Length: 66 cm, Width: 133 cm
释文：
新丰美酒斗十千 玉盘金馐值万钱
相逢意气为君饮 系马高楼垂柳边
Interpretation:
The good wine made from Xinfeng County(1) is worth ten thousand gold pieces
The dainty food in the jade plate is worth ten thousand coins
I take the wine cup and drink for the meeting and attractions we have to each other
While our horses are tethered to willows by tall buildings
(1) A place abundant in fine wine.
行书横幅心存智融联
纵49厘米 横180厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Xincun Zhirong” Written on a Horizontal Scroll in Running Script
Length: 49 cm, Width: 180 cm
释文：
心存良善到处美妙 智融中和随遇吉祥
Interpretation:
As long as a person is good in nature, sincere and kind to others, then his life shall be wonderful everywhere.
As long as a person is wise in life, generous and honest to others, then his encounters shall be auspicious everywhere.
篆书李沁联
纵133厘米 横68厘米
Calligraphy：written by Yin Tongjun in Seal Script
Couplet：written by Li Bi
Length: 133 cm, Width:68 cm
释文：
高无见顶相 明不借他光
Interpretation:
The mental realm is so high that you can’t be aware of the top
The inner wisdom is so bright that you don’t need any other light
行书中堂元好问词
纵133厘米 横66厘米
Calligraphy: Central Hall Hanging Scroll in Running Script
Poem: “Immortal at the River, On the Road from Luoyang to Mengjin” written by Yuan Haowen
Length: 133 cm, Width: 66 cm
释文：
今古北邙山下路 黄尘老尽英雄 人生长恨水长东 幽怀谁共语 远目送归鸿 盖世功名将底用从前错怨天公
浩歌一曲酒千钟 男儿行处是 非要论穷通
元好问词《临江仙·自洛阳往孟津道中》
丁酉冬湘君书
Interpretation:
Through the ages, how many heroes were buried under the North Mang Mountain(1)?
Life is long in sadness as water keeps flowing eastwards.
To whom can I confide these exquisite feelings?
Only the wild geese returning to the South can be seen far away.
What's the meaning of winning unparalleled fame in the world?
It was my fault to blame the Heavens for not letting me achieve the so-called success.
Let’s sing loudly and drink a thousand cups.
Good guys are everywhere, a person should not be judged merely basing on the impoverished or successful situations he has .
(1)An antonomasia of the cemetery
Written by Xiangjun in winter, 2017
篆书鸟语行云联
纵180厘米 横33厘米
Calligraphic Couplet “Niaoyu Xingyun” in Seal Script
Length: 180 cm, Width: 33 cm
释文：
鸟语花香皆般若 行云流水俱真如
Interpretation:
Singing birds and fragrant flowers are all Prajna (wisdom)
Passing clouds and flowing water are all Tathata (suchness)
行书手卷《金刚经》（局部）
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“Diamond Sutra” Scroll in Style between the Running Script and the Standard Script (Part)
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