Painting, detail: "The Sixth Patriarch tearing up a Sutra", depicting the Sixth Patriarch of the Chan (Zen) sect, Huineng (638-716), tearing up a sutra after attaining Enlightenment. Here close-up of swift calligraphic brush lines representing Huineng's c

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Title	Painting, detail: "The Sixth Patriarch tearing up a Sutra", depicting the Sixth Patriarch of the Chan (Zen) sect, Huineng (638-716), tearing up a sutra after attaining Enlightenment. Here close-up of swift calligraphic brush lines representing Huineng's clothing. Huineng is said to have been illiterate and proud of his sect's independence from scriptural sources.
Shelfmark	4102
Note	Huineng 慧能 Liang Kai 梁楷
Scanned from	Fontein, J. & M. L. Hickmann. ZEN PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1970, p. 18, pl. 6. (SI XVII.510.2)

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