2-character calligraphy usage

[David Slawson]

I’ve been asked to interpret the meaning of this 2-character expression, 洗心 

On the face of it, the individual kanji, sen-shin, mean “washing” (or "inquiring into”) the “heart.” But no such expression occurs in Nelson, suggesting a special usage. Are any of you familiar with it? The person it was given to does not know the origin or lineage. Thank you for any light you can shed on it. -David  

[X. Jie Yang]

Dear David,

It is a popular phrase, and the second half is 和塵. Here is a hint.

洗心　せんしん
出典　『易経』
心の塵を洗いおとすこと。心の煩累を洗い去り浄めること。また、改心すること。
『易経』に「聖人は此を以て心を洗う」といい、『後漢書』・順帝記には「心を洗い自ずから新たなり」とある。

Best.

X. Jie

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I’ve been asked to interpret the meaning of this 2-character expression, 洗心 

On the face of it, the individual kanji, sen-shin, mean “washing” (or "inquiring into”) the “heart.” But no such expression occurs in Nelson, suggesting a special usage. Are any of you familiar with it? The person it was given to does not know the origin or lineage. Thank you for any light you can shed on it. -David  

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[Pinnington, Noel J - (noelp)]

And, of course, it is a label of a sake bottle.

NJPinnington

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On Apr 11, 2016, at 8:32 AM, X. Jie Yang <xy...@ucalgary.ca> wrote:

Dear David,

It is a popular phrase, and the second half is 和塵. Here is a hint.

洗心　せんしん
出典　『易経』
心の塵を洗いおとすこと。心の煩累を洗い去り浄めること。また、改心すること。
『易経』に「聖人は此を以て心を洗う」といい、『後漢書』・順帝記には「心を洗い自ずから新たなり」とある。

Best.

X. Jie

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件名: [PMJS] 2-character calligraphy usage

I’ve been asked to interpret the meaning of this 2-character expression, 洗心 

On the face of it, the individual kanji, sen-shin, mean “washing” (or "inquiring into”) the “heart.” But no such expression occurs in Nelson, suggesting a special usage. Are any of you familiar with it? The person it was given to does not know the origin or lineage. Thank you for any light you can shed on it. -David  

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[Tucker, John]

David,

Senshin "cleansing the mind" appears in commentaries on the Daodejing as well as the Yijing passage mentioned by Professor Yang. In Japan, it figured prominently in Oshio Chusai's thought: the title of his major work is Senshindo sakki, or "The Cave of Mind-Cleaning" (as Barry Steben translates it), and his school was called the Seishindo. A portion of Chusai's text is translated in Sources of Japanese Tradition, 1600-2000, pp. 561-565, where "cleansing the mind" is explained in relation to the vacuity or emptiness of the mind that is identical with heaven and the "Supreme Vacuity." One achieves this by cleaning away selfish desires that obstruct the mind's luminosity.

In Ueno Park, you can find the temizuya pictured below at the Bentendo on Bentenjima, at the Shinobazu Pond. I don't know the story on calligraphy. The Lotus pond is in the background. The picture is from http://mickeyclub.seesaa.net/archives/20150723-1.html

Surely there are Zen uses of the notion as well, but I'm not sure. Wang Yangming earlier discussed senshin in his reading notes on the Book of Changes. 

And Hayashi Razan supposedly wrote a kanshi with the line 一掬洗心（一掬いの水は心を清める), for the temizuya at the Rikyu Hachimangu (formerly Iwashimizu Hachimangu), dating from around 1634 (Kan'ei 11). http://rikyuhachiman.org/temizuhachi.html 

John

John A. Tucker, PhD | Professor of History | Director, Asian Studies Program | Department of History | Brewster A-317 | East Carolina University | Greenville, NC 27858 | 252.328.1028 | Tuckerjo@ecu.edu

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[Noel Hunt]

One that has never fallen within my purview; at ¥11,000 per 一升瓶,

this would be a least 一合¥1000 in an izakaya, but I'm willing to try.

[Pinnington, Noel J - (noelp)]

So that's what Hayashi Razan was talking about:
一掬洗心

"Just a scoop of Senshin (that's all I can afford)."

I wouldn't mind a scoop myself...

Noel to Noel

Sent from my iPad

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[Anne Alene]

Oops I see that many answers preceded mine! 

On Monday, April 11, 2016, Anne Alene <anne...@gmail.com> wrote:

"senshin" is zengou used in tea ceremony and zen monastic practice. 

I will look deeper into my library for one of my zengou related books and let you know, and you might look for a Japanese language book about zengou for more information.  Here's  a quick blog entry I found 

 

http://anmattyan.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-20.html

http://zengo.sk46.com/data/senshin.html

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[Anne Alene]

"senshin" is zengou used in tea ceremony and zen monastic practice. 

I will look deeper into my library for one of my zengou related books and let you know, and you might look for a Japanese language book about zengou for more information.  Here's  a quick blog entry I found 

 

http://anmattyan.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-20.html

http://zengo.sk46.com/data/senshin.html

On Monday, April 11, 2016, David Slawson <david_...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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[David Slawson]

John,

Thank you so much for your response. The historical background and explanations supplemented with further sources, were to the point and very helpful. Your students must enjoy your classes. I know I would. Back in 1971 when I came to Japan to begin my 2-year apprenticeship in Japanese gardens under Kinsaku Nakane in Kyoto, I spent a month in Yokohama and visited six or so of the Daimyo gardens in the Tokyo area. I also visited Ueno Park so your photo brought back memories.

All of the other comments were equally interesting and helpful. I want to thank you all for sharing your knowledge.

David Slawson

 www.slawsoncreations.com

On Apr 11, 2016, at 1:10 PM, Tucker, John <TUCK...@ecu.edu> wrote:

David,

Senshin "cleansing the mind" appears in commentaries on the Daodejing as well as the Yijing passage mentioned by Professor Yang. In Japan, it figured prominently in Oshio Chusai's thought: the title of his major work is Senshindo sakki, or "The Cave of Mind-Cleaning" (as Barry Steben translates it), and his school was called the Seishindo. A portion of Chusai's text is translated in Sources of Japanese Tradition, 1600-2000, pp. 561-565, where "cleansing the mind" is explained in relation to the vacuity or emptiness of the mind that is identical with heaven and the "Supreme Vacuity." One achieves this by cleaning away selfish desires that obstruct the mind's luminosity. 

In Ueno Park, you can find the temizuya pictured below at the Bentendo on Bentenjima, at the Shinobazu Pond. I don't know the story on calligraphy. The Lotus pond is in the background. The picture is from http://mickeyclub.seesaa.net/archives/20150723-1.html 

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Surely there are Zen uses of the notion as well, but I'm not sure. Wang Yangming earlier discussed senshin in his reading notes on the Book of Changes.  

And Hayashi Razan supposedly wrote a kanshi with the line 一掬洗心（一掬いの水は心を清める), for the temizuya at the Rikyu Hachimangu (formerly Iwashimizu Hachimangu), dating from around 1634 (Kan'ei 11). http://rikyuhachiman.org/temizuhachi.html 

John

John A. Tucker, PhD | Professor of History | Director, Asian Studies Program | Department of History | Brewster A-317| East Carolina University | Greenville, NC 27858 | 252.328.1028 | Tuckerjo@ecu.edu

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To: pm...@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [PMJS] 2-character calligraphy usage

Dear David,

It is a popular phrase, and the second half is 和塵. Here is a hint.

洗心　せんしん
出典　『易経』
心の塵を洗いおとすこと。心の煩累を洗い去り浄めること。また、改心すること。
『易経』に「聖人は此を以て心を洗う」といい、『後漢書』・順帝記には「心を洗い自ずから新たなり」とある。

Best.

X. Jie

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件名: [PMJS] 2-character calligraphy usage

I’ve been asked to interpret the meaning of this 2-character expression, 洗心 

On the face of it, the individual kanji, sen-shin, mean “washing” (or "inquiring into”) the “heart.” But no such expression occurs in Nelson, suggesting a special usage. Are any of you familiar with it? The person it was given to does not know the origin or lineage. Thank you for any light you can shed on it. -David  

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[David Slawson]

Anne, what are the kanji for zengou in tea ceremony?

Thanks for help.

David Slawson

On Apr 11, 2016, at 4:45 PM, Anne Alene <anne...@gmail.com> wrote:

"senshin" is zengou used in tea ceremony and zen monastic practice. 

I will look deeper into my library for one of my zengou related books and let you know, and you might look for a Japanese language book about zengou for more information.  Here's  a quick blog entry I found 

 

http://anmattyan.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-20.html

http://zengo.sk46.com/data/senshin.html

On Monday, April 11, 2016, David Slawson <david_...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I’ve been asked to interpret the meaning of this 2-character expression, 洗心 
On the face of it, the individual kanji, sen-shin, mean “washing” (or "inquiring into”) the “heart.” But no such expression occurs in Nelson, suggesting a special usage. Are any of you familiar with it? The person it was given to does not know the origin or lineage. Thank you for any light you can shed on it. -David  

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