'RUOSHUI SANQIAN' in running script Ink on paper, inscribed by the artist and dated 2021, signed Lin Xi with three seals reading Lin xi, wuwai and Mingyue qianshen, framed and glazed. 35.1cm (13 7/8in) x 97.7cm (38 1/2in)Footnotes林夕 行書「弱水三千」 水墨紙本 鏡框 款識： 三千春江水，暫住寂寞天空。逛夠了世界，撇進了春風。麥浚龍唱，林夕詞。作於二〇〇九年，書於二〇二一年。 鈴印：林夕、物外、明月前身 "Ruoshui sanqian" (literally 'Weak Water Three Thousand') is a song Lin wrote for Hong Kong singer Juno Mak (b. 1984) in 2009. In this calligraphy, Lin interprets the zen philosophy of water in having the character 'weak' dominating the space and intriguingly, becoming the 'strong' component in the work. The strokes of the same character are composed by lines imitating water waves and ink droplets, creating beautiful imagery all together carrying the other three characters floating above. The name of the song comes from the Buddhist saying "Weak water three thousand, I will only take one scoop", Lin added his own understanding of the saying in the lyrics as "Three thousand spring rivers, living in the lonely sky just for a little while. When it had wandered enough in the world, it will drop and be carried by the spring breeze." 《弱水三千》： 人生座右銘之一：「上善若水」。身為老莊系創作人，寫過無數首「水」詞，包括以太極為題材的電影電視劇主題曲，以致很多「含水量」的情歌。但弱水三千，若只取一瓢飲，則以這首麥浚龍主唱的《弱水三千》為集大成，自詡寫盡了「雲在青天水在瓶」的三千世界禪意。水累積成勢則強，如作品中「弱」字那一「弓」開筆，拐了幾個水波似的彎後，往下橫向成斷斷續續細水漫遊。右邊則更「弓無勁」，只有柔弱水紋。「弱」字本來只得四點，然而水花四濺下，多出來兩點，也可以融合為一大點水觀之。至於「水三千」亦以柔柔水流筆勢，點綴留白處，以寄寓「有無」「輕重」一水之哲學。《人間》與《幸福摩天輪》構圖如電影海報，這幅則嘗試以字入畫，開展如水般電影畫面。