Five Hundred Arhats No.191 · The Venerable Luo Xun | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm

Five Hundred Arhats · No.191 The Venerable Luo Xun

The name "Luoxun" is recorded in the Southern Song Arhat-Name Stele of Qianming Cloister and carries the sense of seeking far and wide, diligently pursuing the good Dharma — calling on good teachers in every quarter, never tiring of seeking the Dharma, never content with a single gain. The name marks one who studies broadly and seeks the teaching tirelessly. The venerable makes a searching gesture with an earnest look, possessing wide learning, untiring Dharma-seeking, and humble diligence in ever questioning good teachers.

Painted by Li Zongyi in the freehand Chinese ink (xieyi) tradition, the brushwork is fluent and the ink tones layered from dense to pale, capturing the arhat’s spirit in a few assured strokes. The blank paper itself breathes Zen; figure and spirit are one, blending monastic solemnity with the literati’s ease. Each of the Five Hundred Arhats bears its own name and practice, uniting faith, art and collectibility — an original, non-reproducible hand-painted work.

Size: approx. 100×50cm (4.5 square chi) | Traditional hand-painted Chinese ink Zen Buddhist figure painting | On paper