水墨人間 Ink and Wash World
設計人：胡焱榮 Soofeen Hu
2020 | 19 x 8 x 2 cm | 251 g

本件作品以難得的冰種無色及墨翠相間的翡翠原石為底，雕造一幅水墨人間佛國圖，從底層香爐，在香煙裊裊、氤氳繚繞之中，可見中層墨翠處，有七位人間百姓面戴口罩，比喻多數人們的生活，在疫情這幾年皆是受其影響，上方冰種無色區域則是以佛陀的五大弟子為象徵，比喻修道人是從紅塵中成就，要能順應生活的一切，心卻無礙於中，才能踏上離苦得樂之途。
再往上可見佛陀於蓮花台中端坐，比喻心境已達應無所住而生其心者，人人皆佛。旁邊還有一白象跪伏於蓮台上，象徵臣服於佛法之中，亦祝願太平有象。
背面以一隻筆為作品主要中柱支撐，傳達出從有文字開始能有效的將文化紀錄與傳承，亦造就無數人得以學習成長的機會。

This piece is carved from a rare raw ice jadeite stone with colorless and dark emerald shades, creating an ink-wash painting of a Buddhist country in the human world. In the painting, from the incense burner at the bottom, with the smoke swirling around, you can see seven people wearing masks in the middle layer of dark emerald green, which is a metaphor for how most people's lives have been affected by the pandemic in the past few years. At the top, the ice-like colorless area features the five major disciples of the Buddha, metaphorizing the fact that a Buddhist monk has attained enlightenment from the mortal world, and that monk has to be able to go along with everything in life without any obstacles in his mind, in order to be able to embark on the path of liberation from suffering and attainment of bliss.
Further up, we can see the Buddha seated on a lotus platform, which symbolizes that everyone is a Buddha if in the mortal world, he won’t be troubled by the mortal world, and going in and out of the mortal world, he can also save the beings in the mortal world. Next to it is a white elephant kneeling on the lotus platform, representing submission to the Buddha's teachings and wishing for peace and prosperity (homophonic to kneeling elephant in Chinese).
On the back, a pen is used as the main pillar of the work, conveying the idea that from the origin of the written word, culture has been effectively documented and passed down, and that countless people have been given the opportunity to learn and grow.