"A Buddha statue" is also called "a Buddha statue of Zhang Yuanzu", and its full name is "a Buddha statue of Mrs. Zhang Yuanzu". There are ten lines and three words in the book. The statue niche is located in the north wall of Guyangdong, which is one of the smallest statue niches among the twenty products of Longmen. The niche is 36 cm high, 0/9 cm wide and 30 cm deep. According to the statue records, this niche was built in Taihe for twenty years. Zhang Yuanzu is a man of low status, and his wife made a niche for him.
The word count of this statue is very small, only 30 words. Although there are not many words, they are awesome. The whole article is centered on Fang Bi, with a calm atmosphere, vigorous and steady calligraphy style and changeable composition, which is amazing.
Celebrity evaluation:
Kang Youwei classified a Buddha statue in Tan, Zhou Shuang, Guang Yi as calm and energetic. Henan Epitaph, recorded by Henan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, commented on a Buddha statue as "pointing out the strength of painting and approaching the format, which inherited the format tradition of Han Li in Sui and Tang Dynasties". Jia Zhu, on the other hand, thinks that "A Buddha" has only 30 words, but the language is very simple, the brushwork is extremely strong and the structure is strange.
Jiang Dakang said that "a Buddha statue" is "a thin stippling". Compared with stone carvings, it is "severe" rather than "thin". Compared with other statues, such as Empress Dowager Cixi, Cixiang and Sun Bao, the statue of one Buddha is much more pointillistic and should belong to a rich category. There are many similarities in style and technique between this statue and the statue of Niucha and the statue of Yang Dayan, which can be used for reference to make up for the lack of words.