Bodhidharma Crossing the Yangzi River on a Reed
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After an unsuccessful audience with the Chinese emperor Liang Wudi (r. 502\u201349), Bodhidharma \u201cbroke off a reed, crossed the Yangzi River, and proceeded to the Shaolin Temple [on Mount Song in Henan Province].\u201dThis painting is signed by Li Yaofu, whose name appears only in Japanese records, and is inscribed by Yishan Yining, the renowned Chinese missionary who went in 1299 to Japan. There, Yishan served as abbot of temples in Kamakura and Kyoto until his death. The inscription reads:Crossing rivers and deserts he came.Facing the emperor he confessed, \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d;Unsuccessful, he moved on,His feet treading the water.While mainstream painters followed the style of Li Gonglin (ca. 1049\u20131106)\u2014that of baimiao, or \u201cwhite drawing,\u201d executed with a controlled line of uniform thickness\u2014the Chan painter employed a more flexible brush style that combined fine lines with graduated ink-wash strokes in a free expressive manner. Here, the subtle rendering of the face records the holy man\u2019s foreign features and captures the essence of spiritual concentration.Free picture Bodhidharma Crossing the Yangzi River on a Reed integrated with the OffiDocs web apps