A large number of versatile monks emerged in the Tang Dynasty, among which Jiangzuo is the most famous place. When time goes back to modern society thousands of years later, there is also a monk who is famous for his paintings.
He is Shi Guoliang, a realistic painter in figure painting in China. If you don't know much about this former painting monk, I believe you will be interested in him when you learn that one of his paintings can be auctioned to 1 1.73 million.
First, the legendary life of "painting monk" Shi Guoliang
Perhaps in the eyes of the public, painters and monks used to be two professions. If they are one, they must be a strange person.
In real life, there happens to be such a person who has not only been in Buddhism for fifteen years, but also a painter with real talent and practical learning. This man is called "painting monk". He is 64-year-old Shi Guoliang.
1. From painter to "painting monk"
Shi Guoliang was born in 1956. There are many auras on his head: national first-class painter, member of China Artists Association, visiting professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts, researcher of China National Academy of Painting and so on.
These are enough to prove that he is a very good person. As an important town of realistic figure painting school in China, his painting style is mainly realistic techniques, which mostly reflects the themes related to the life of the times.
Because of his solid foundation and heavy pen and ink, he created many famous works. His work "Sculpture Classics" won the 23rd Monte Carlo International Modern Art Grand Prix-"UNESCO Award", which established his important position in the international painting world.
Learn from Mr. Jiang, Mr. Huang Zhou and Mr. Wang. As a famous contemporary figure painter in China, he was awarded an honorary award by the Ministry of Culture.
It stands to reason that a famous painter should have made greater achievements in art, but he became a monk in Xilai Temple in the United States in 1995, when he was just 39 years old.
A young man in his prime should have fought for his future, and few people are willing to become monks.
But as an artist, Shi Guoliang's thoughts are somewhat metaphysical different from those of many others. Becoming a monk in the United States is no joke, because it needs to pass the test of "three altars and great precepts".
2. Textual research on "Three Great Commandments"
The so-called "three precepts" are necessary rituals for becoming a monk in Han Buddhism. According to the teaching of the first altar, the second altar and the third altar, the precepts of (Ni) precept, foot precept and Bodhisattva precept were obtained respectively.
Specifically, the sermon is divided into three levels and three times, which is called "three altars", that is, the first altar teaches the precepts of the novice monk, which is the busiest business; The second altar teaches monks' commandments, which is the most grand scene; Three altars teach bodhisattva precepts.
As the most sacred ordained ceremony in Buddhism, it is a very challenging thing for a person who wants to become a monk.
As a monk or a monk with sufficient discipline, he must not only have firm Buddhist beliefs and strong will to abide by rules and regulations, but also go through the procedures stipulated in Buddhist precepts.
In short, after becoming a monk, a grand ceremony of accepting the Misha precept, the Bhikkhu precept and the Bodhisattva precept should be held within a few years, that is, the "three precepts".
Shi Guoliang, as a sincere monk painter, has finally become a real monk after experiencing the "Three Great Commandments".
After being ordained, Shi Guoliang changed his dharma name to Shi Hui Chan. From becoming a monk in 1995 to returning to the secular world in May, 20 10, Shi Guoliang devoted himself to learning Buddhist knowledge all the time, and at the same time cultivated himself.
In this process, he always insisted on painting and made some achievements in painting. When Shi Guoliang became a painter, he was already a "painting monk".
During the period of 15 years, he kept reading classics and spreading Buddhism, and at the same time made great progress in painting skills, so that Shi Guoliang finally became a master of Chinese painting.
Second, after fifteen years as a monk, I became a secular wife.
Perhaps no one knows why he became a monk, and no one knows why he is "secular". The reasons known to the public, or the so-called "inside story", are all guesses.
After he made a breakthrough in painting attainments, he finally made up his mind to return to the original. Of course, Shi Guoliang's secularization also has a very important key point, that is, his wife's spoony waiting.
Shi Guoliang was married before he became a monk, but he decided to become a monk for the sake of his dream.
According to ordinary people, Shi Guoliang is a selfish man, because as a married man, he did not hesitate to throw himself into an empty net.
This also kept his wife waiting for 15 years, and during this 15 years, he failed to fulfill his responsibilities and obligations as a husband or father.
This is also the regret of his life. 20 10 returned to the secular world in May, and has been living in Beijing with his family, making great achievements in Chinese painting.
As a full-time painter, Shi Guoliang has formed his own painting style after years of tempering and innovation. Many of his works won amazing prices at the auction.