‘One-Stroke Calligraphy’ at Yuan Thong Temple

The Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s genius in the Chinese «One Stroke Calligraphy» was brought and exhibited in Bacolod City for nine days, from June 9 to June 19, 2012 at the Yuan Thong Temple along Burgos Street near Lopue’s East.

Master Hsing Yun is a Chinese Buddhist monk, author, philanthropist, and founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order, which has branches throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.

Ordained at the age of twelve in Jiangsu Province, China, Master Hsing Yun has spent over 70 years as a Buddhist monk building what he calls Humanistic Buddhism that integrates Buddhism into all aspects of life and directly meets people’s needs.

The great 83-year-old Buddhist Master encountered diabetes for the past 40 years, which affected his eye-retinal detachment but despite blurred vision, «he let his heart guide his hands in completing the extremely rare one-stroke Chinese calligraphy.»

The nine-day exhibit at the Yuan Thong Temple opened with a press conference led by Master Miao Jing, Head Abbess of Mabuhay Temple, Manila this June 7 at 4:00 P.M.

«One Stroke Calligraphy» is extra significant because this means that as the visually impaired Master Hsing Yun writes a character or set of Chinese characters using the ancient brush, he cannot allow writing discontinuation and must consistently complete his work in perfect balance.

This is a demanding task for the Venerable Master, taking into consideration the stroke order of writing: aside from the aesthetics, the characters’ balance and their general appearance must be executed in a proper way for them to convey their powerful messages, readability and characters’ calligraphic study.

One wrong stroke or a mere small erroneous line will result into a totally different reading of the character thus «he is forced to complete the whole work in one stroke.»

The Venerable Master Hsing Yun is not deterred by his physical condition, he keeps his brush moving from ink to paper and last year he donated all NT$ 30 million from the royalty of his published books through a bank’s benefit trust fund intended for public welfare activities.

The trust fund raised a hundred million New Taiwan Dollars which forms part of his one billion NT$ target and goal.

The public is invited to see the «One Stroke Calligraphy» at Yuan Thong Temple, 2876 Burgos Street, 6th Road near Lopue’s East, Bacolod City.

A sample of the Venerable Master Hsin Yung’s "One Stroke Calligraphy"
was presented to Bacolod media

Source: Negros Daily Bulletin