典藏單位:國立中正紀念堂管理處

館藏編號:PT09300400

黃篤生

尺寸:70×67 (畫心)

黃篤生（1936-2012），號厚盦、開心山人、等閒居士，法號淨舟、常和，1936年出生於臺北。1951年畢業於臺北市立商業職業學校，1952年至捲籟軒習國學，1954年師從曹容學習書法與國學，1956年師事溥心畬習詩畫，1959年於第一屆中日文化交流書法展得臨書部第一名，隔年得到全日本書道協會「協會賞」，1964年舉辦首屆澹廬會員書法習作展，並任私立穀保中學書法老師，1965年當選第二屆中國書法學會理事，1974年成立換鵝畫會，1983年成立不亦快齋藝廊，1984年皈依星雲法師，法名淨舟，1990年聘為書法教育學會第六屆名譽理事，2004年皈依聖嚴法師，法名常和，2006年於臺中港區藝術中心舉辦七十回顧展，2012年因吸入性肺炎引發敗血勝過世。
黃篤生各體兼擅，但因曾受教於溥心畬，因此在結字與運筆上與溥氏頗為相映，行書流麗飛動，婉轉暢勁，有躍然於紙的靈動感。創作內容除一般習見內容外，亦有畫陶瓷、木雕、竹刻等，出版《手摹孫過庭書譜》、《黃篤生書正迄戈》、《國民中學書法範本》、《禪書慧語》、《黃篤生行書唐宋詩》等作品。
本作品大字行書「觀自在」三字，係取唐代玄奘法師另譯觀世音菩薩之名「觀自在菩薩」，單取其稱謂，並延伸出「靜觀自在」等意義，有著濃厚佛法義理在其中。大字仍保留其飛動的風格，但筆勢猛勁。(501字)

Huang Tu-sheng (1936-2012)–pseudonyms Houan, Kaihsin Shanren, and Tenghsien Jushi; dharma name Chingchou, Changhe–was born in Taipei. He graduated from Taipei City Commercial Vocational School in 1951, and he learned Chinese studies at Chuanlai Pavillion in the following year. In 1954, he studied calligraphy and Chinese studies under Tsao Jung, and in 1956, he began learning poetry and painting from Pu Hsin-yu. He won first place in the Sino-Japanese Calligraphy Cultural Exchange in 1959, winning the Japanese Calligraphy Association’s Association Award in the following year. In 1964, he curated the first Danlu Member Calligraphy Exhibition, and served as a calligraphy teacher at Private Gubao High School of Commerce and Home Economics. In 1965, he was elected as the second director of the Chinese Calligraphy Society. In 1974, the Huano Calligraphy Society was established. In 1983, he founded the Buyi Kuaichai Art Gallery. In 1984, he converted to Buddhism under Master Hsingyun with the dharma name Chingchou. In 1990, he was hired as the sixth honorary director of the Calligraphy Education Society. In 1984, he followed Master Shengyen with the dharma name Changhe. In 2006, he held a seventy-years review exhibition at the Taichung Harbor Art Center. In 2012, he died of blood loss caused by aspiration pneumonia.
Huang Tu-sheng was good at all scripts, but because he was taught by Pu Hsin-an, his style complements Pu’s well. His semi-cursive script is smooth and dynamic, harboring an agility that comes to life on paper. In addition to general practice content, he also creates ceramic paintings, wood carvings, bamboo carvings, etc. He published many books, including Hand Copy of Sun Kuo-ting’s Collection, Huang Tu-sheng’s Chính khí ca, National Junior High Calligraphy Templates, Words of Wisdom from Zen, Poems of Tang and Song in Huang Tu-sheng’s Semi-Cursive Script, etc.
The three characters "Kuan Tzu Tsai" is based on an alternative translation of Guanyin’s name by Master Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty. Choosing only their title, the meaning “silent contemplation” can be extended from it, hinting strongly at Buddhist principles. The large characters retain Huang’s flying, dynamic style, yet the brushstrokes are fierce.