《六祖斫竹图》,所绘为六祖慧能斫竹的故事。慧能(生卒年不详),俗姓卢,世居范阳,曾为樵夫。为禅宗南宗的开创者,主张顿悟。慧能自幼家境贫寒,三岁丧父,迁居南海。少年时靠砍柴卖柴养活母亲。他有一次听人诵读《金刚经》有所领悟,决心学佛出家。公元672年,慧能来到湖北黄梅参拜禅宗五祖弘忍大师学法。五祖问他:“你是哪里人?来这里求什么呢?”慧能答:“弟 ”Six ancestral bamboo map“, painted for the six ancestors Huineng bamboo story. Huineng (birth and death year unknown), surname Lu, the world Fan Yang, was a woodcutter. Zen for the founder of Southern Sect, advocated epiphany. Huineng childhood poor family, three-year-old lost his father, moved to the South China Sea. Juvenile firewood by cutting wood to feed his mother. He once heard people read the ”Diamond Sutra“ some comprehension, determined to study Buddha’s monk. In 672 AD, Huineng came to Hubei Huangmei to visit Zen Master Zuowong Master’s Method. Wuzu asked him: ”Where are you from? Come here for what?“ ”Huineng A: " brother