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大師 is a way to title a great master, grand master, or great teacher.
This can be used in the context of martial arts or a Buddhist teacher. Thus, it can be used to title a living Buddha, Bodhisattva, or high-ranking monk.
大師範 is a Japanese title for the master, grandmaster, or senior instructor.
This is a bit of an odd selection for a piece of calligraphy artwork, so proceed with caution. Better to find an appropriate phrase or title (such as the name of the martial art) and then add something like “Grandmaster Smith” as a smaller inscription down the side.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 大師 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
大師 大师 see styles |
dà shī da4 shi1 ta shih daishi だいし |
More info & calligraphy: Grand Master / Great Teacher(honorific or respectful language) {Buddh} great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi); (place-name) Daishi Great teacher, or leader, one of the ten titles of a Buddha. |
大師範 see styles |
daishihan だいしはん |
More info & calligraphy: Grandmaster / Grand Master |
上大師 see styles |
kamidaishi かみだいし |
(place-name) Kamidaishi |
下大師 see styles |
shimodaishi しもだいし |
(place-name) Shimodaishi |
佛大師 佛大师 see styles |
fó dà shī fo2 da4 shi1 fo ta shih butsu daishi |
Buddha, the great commander |
可大師 可大师 see styles |
kě dà shī ke3 da4 shi1 k`o ta shih ko ta shih Ka Daishi |
Great Master (Hui-)Ke |
四大師 四大师 see styles |
sì dà shī si4 da4 shi1 ssu ta shih shi daishi |
The four monastic heads imperially appointed during, the Tang dynasty. |
大師前 see styles |
daishimae だいしまえ |
(personal name) Daishimae |
大師堂 see styles |
daishidou / daishido だいしどう |
hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple); (place-name, surname) Daishidou |
大師寺 see styles |
daishiji だいしじ |
(place-name) Daishiji |
大師山 see styles |
daishiyama だいしやま |
(personal name) Daishiyama |
大師岩 see styles |
daishiiwa / daishiwa だいしいわ |
(place-name) Daishiiwa |
大師峠 see styles |
daishitouge / daishitoge だいしとうげ |
(place-name) Daishitōge |
大師本 see styles |
daihon だいほん |
(place-name) Daihon |
大師森 see styles |
daishimori だいしもり |
(personal name) Daishimori |
大師橋 see styles |
daishibashi だいしばし |
(place-name) Daishibashi |
大師町 see styles |
daishimachi だいしまち |
(place-name) Daishimachi |
大師線 see styles |
daishisen だいしせん |
(personal name) Daishisen |
尼大師 尼大师 see styles |
ní dà shī ni2 da4 shi1 ni ta shih amadaishi |
An abbess. |
御大師 see styles |
odaishi おだいし |
(place-name) Odaishi |
水大師 see styles |
mizudaishi みずだいし |
(place-name) Mizudaishi |
能大師 能大师 see styles |
néng dà shī neng2 da4 shi1 neng ta shih Nō Daishi |
能行者 The sixth patriarch 慧能 Hui-neng of the Ch'an (Zen) School. |
丹生大師 see styles |
nyuudaishi / nyudaishi にゅうだいし |
(place-name) Nyūdaishi |
今山大師 see styles |
imayamataishi いまやまたいし |
(place-name) Imayamataishi |
伝教大師 see styles |
dengyoudaishi / dengyodaishi でんぎょうだいし |
(personal name) Dengyoudaishi |
傳教大師 传教大师 see styles |
chuán jiào dà shī chuan2 jiao4 da4 shi1 ch`uan chiao ta shih chuan chiao ta shih dengyoudaishi / dengyodaishi でんぎょうだいし |
(person) Dengyou Daishi Dengyō Daishi |
嘉祥大師 嘉祥大师 see styles |
jiā xiáng dà shī jia1 xiang2 da4 shi1 chia hsiang ta shih kajoudaishi / kajodaishi かじょうだいし |
(person) Jizang (549-623) Jiaxiang Dashi |
圓光大師 圆光大师 see styles |
yuán guāng dà shī yuan2 guang1 da4 shi1 yüan kuang ta shih Enkō Daishi |
Wongwang Daesa |
圓覺大師 圆觉大师 see styles |
yuán jué dà shī yuan2 jue2 da4 shi1 yüan chüeh ta shih Enkaku Daishi |
Bodhidharma |
大師ヶ岳 see styles |
taishigatake たいしがたけ |
(place-name) Taishigatake |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Grand Master Great Teacher | 大師 大师 | daishi | dà shī / da4 shi1 / da shi / dashi | ta shih / tashih |
Grandmaster Grand Master | 大師範 | daishihan | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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