File:Luohan.jpg
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This image was taken in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Didactohedron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Didactohedron (page does not exist)">Didactohedron</a>, and adjusted by him with Adobe Photoshop. The plaque beneath the statue had the following text:
- Arhat (Chinese: luohan), dated 1180
- China
- Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
- Marble
- Dressed in the clothes of a monk and holding a rosary, this emaciated and intense figure has the appearance of an eccentric <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monk</a>. In fact, he is an example of a special group of Buddhist deities known as arhats. The historical <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Buddha" title="Buddha">Buddha</a>, Shakyamuni, had a group of disciples who recorded his sayings and continued his teachings after he attained nirvana. These figures were deified as arhats, beings who have reached a stage of perfection through study and meditation. Unlike <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Buddha#Bodhisattvas" title="Buddha">bodhisattvas</a>, who are noted for their compassion, arhats are noted for their intense powers of spiritual concentration.
- It is common for <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Art_of_China" title="Category:Art of China">Chinese artists</a> to exaggerate certain features of these figures to emphasize their spiritual nature. They are often given qualities associated with Taoist immortals, and they appear in sets of varying numbers, eighteen and five hundred being the most common.
- Inscription: <nowiki>[In 1180] people everywhere [of a certain surname?] respectfully had made/donated one luohan image.
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| current | 05:45, 9 January 2017 | | 1,000 × 2,000 (266 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>This image was taken in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Didactohedron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Didactohedron (page does not exist)">Didactohedron</a>, and adjusted by him with Adobe Photoshop. The plaque beneath the statue had the following text: </p> <dl> <dd> <b>Arhat (Chinese: luohan)</b>, dated 1180<br> </dd> <dd>China<br> </dd> <dd>Jin dynasty (1115-1234)<br> </dd> <dd>Marble</dd> </dl> <dl><dd>Dressed in the clothes of a monk and holding a rosary, this emaciated and intense figure has the appearance of an eccentric <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monk</a>. In fact, he is an example of a special group of Buddhist deities known as arhats. The historical <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Buddha" title="Buddha">Buddha</a>, Shakyamuni, had a group of disciples who recorded his sayings and continued his teachings after he attained nirvana. These figures were deified as arhats, beings who have reached a stage of perfection through study and meditation. Unlike <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Buddha#Bodhisattvas" title="Buddha">bodhisattvas</a>, who are noted for their compassion, arhats are noted for their intense powers of spiritual concentration.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>It is common for <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Art_of_China" title="Category:Art of China">Chinese artists</a> to exaggerate certain features of these figures to emphasize their spiritual nature. They are often given qualities associated with Taoist immortals, and they appear in sets of varying numbers, eighteen and five hundred being the most common.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Inscription: <i><nowiki>[In 1180] people everywhere [of a certain surname?] respectfully had made/donated one luohan image.</i> </dd></dl> |
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