以千年行者為鏡，照見時代本心——觀《空海傳》對話主創(chuàng)有感

以千年行者為鏡，照見時代本心——觀《空海傳》對話主創(chuàng)有感（六）

Taking a Thousand-Year-Old Traveler as a Mirror to See the Heart of Our Age — Reflections on The Legend of Kukai and a Conversation with Its Creators (VI)

李神琦（REX LEE）

人體工程學(xué)研究員｜美國紐約百老匯制作人

畢業(yè)于倫敦政治經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院金融與社會學(xué)專業(yè)

曾任紐約蘇富比拍賣公司管理部

Li Shenqi (REX LEE)

Sino-Human Engineering Researcher | Producer on Broadway, New York, USA

Graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a major in Finance and Sociology

Formerly worked in the Management Department of Sotheby's New York (also served as an English translator there)

中國人體工程學(xué)研究院北美考察團(tuán)遠(yuǎn)赴美國洛杉磯好萊塢，駐足觀影中國匠心制作的紀(jì)錄片《空海傳》，并與導(dǎo)演劉悅、制作人劉暢深入交流，席間一個問題穿透歷史塵煙，成為全場共鳴的靈魂叩問：我們該怎么去看待空海？

The North American Study Delegation of the China Academy of Human Body Engineering traveled to Hollywood in Los Angeles to view the finely crafted Chinese documentary The Legend of Kukai, and to speak at length with director Liu Yue and producer Liu Chang. In the course of that conversation, a question cut through the haze of history and became the soul-deep resonance of the whole room: How should we regard Kukai?

這從來不是一個簡單的歷史人物評價問題，而是一場跨越一千二百年時光、直抵人心深處的精神對話，一次叩問自我、審視時代的深刻探尋。空海（774–835），世人賦予他日本真言宗開山祖師、弘法大師、平假名創(chuàng)造者、書法圣人、教育先驅(qū)等無數(shù)盛譽(yù)，可這些具象的頭銜，都太過輕薄，根本承載不了他一生的精神重量，更無法定義他留給后世的永恒價值。

This has never been a simple matter of evaluating a historical figure. It is a spiritual conversation that reaches across 1,200 years and into the depths of the heart — a probing self-inquiry and an examination of our own age. The world has given Kukai (774–835) countless titles: founding patriarch of Japanese Shingon Buddhism, Kōbō Daishi, creator of hiragana, calligraphic sage, educational pioneer. These concrete labels are far too thin; they cannot possibly carry the spiritual weight of his life, nor can they define the eternal value he left to later ages.

我們看待空海，從不該是將他束于神龕之上，頂禮膜拜、敬而遠(yuǎn)之，而是把他當(dāng)作一面澄澈通透的鏡子，透過這面鏡子，照見我們這個時代最深的精神匱乏，也看見生命最本真的無限可能。

We should never regard Kukai by enshrining him on an altar for ritual reverence at a distance. We should take him as a clear and transparent mirror — one through which we see the deepest spiritual lacks of our own age, and the most authentic, boundless possibilities of a human life.

一、空海：顛覆世俗的清醒叛逆者

I. Kukai: A Clear-Eyed Rebel Against the Conventional World

世俗語境里，我們早已習(xí)慣了一套固化的成功范式：出身優(yōu)渥、一路順?biāo)臁⑹送就ㄟ_(dá)、功成名就、萬人敬仰，仿佛人生只有沿著既定軌道前行，才是正確的歸宿。可空海的一生，徹底顛覆了所有世俗常識，活成了時代里最清醒的叛逆者。

Within the worldly frame of reference we have long been accustomed to a fixed paradigm of success: privileged birth, a smooth path, an open road through the bureaucracy, achievement and fame, and universal reverence — as though the only rightful destination for a life were to travel a predetermined track. Kukai's life utterly overturned all of this, making him the clearest-eyed rebel of his age.

身為貴族子弟，他本可以循著讀書做官、盡享富貴的時代正途，安穩(wěn)度過一生，無需歷經(jīng)艱險，無需直面未知；飽讀經(jīng)典之后，他本可以應(yīng)試及第、入朝為官，在世俗的認(rèn)可中度過安穩(wěn)歲月，無需奔赴險途、追尋虛無的大道。世人皆將安全第一奉為人生準(zhǔn)則，趨利避害、貪戀安穩(wěn)是人之常態(tài)，可空海偏偏反其道而行之。

As a young nobleman, he could have followed the 'study, take office, and enjoy wealth' highway of his age, passing a quiet lifetime without enduring danger or facing the unknown. Having read the classics deeply, he could have taken the examinations, passed them, entered the court, and spent his years in the comfort of worldly recognition, never having to embark on a dangerous road to chase the 'Great Way' — which from the outside seems like nothing at all. The world takes 'safety first' as its rule of life; to seek gain and avoid loss, to cling to security, is human nature. Kukai took the opposite road.

他毅然放棄唾手可得的仕途富貴，掙脫世俗的層層枷鎖，在心中疑惑無師可解之時，選擇冒死渡海，奔赴萬里之外的大唐，踏上一條沒有地圖、無人護(hù)航的未知之路。他從不是命運(yùn)眷顧的幸運(yùn)兒，更不是順應(yīng)世俗的平庸之輩，而是明知前路九死一生，依舊不愿活成沒有靈魂、內(nèi)心空虛的軀殼，始終堅守本心、絕不向世俗妥協(xié)的勇者。

He resolutely gave up an official career and its riches that lay close at hand, shook off layer after layer of worldly shackles, and when the questions in his heart could find no teacher at home, chose to brave death at sea for a Tang China ten thousand miles away, stepping onto an unknown road with no map and no escort. He was no child of fortune, no compliant conformist; he was a brave soul who, knowing that the way ahead held nine chances of death and one of life, still refused to live on as a soulless, hollow shell, who held the original heart and would never yield to the world.

我們看待空海，從來不該聚焦于他取得了多么偉大的成就，而是看見他面對世俗洪流時，那份刻入骨髓的不妥協(xié)，那份明知不可為而為之的堅定，這份堅守，遠(yuǎn)比任何世俗成就都更動人。

To regard Kukai, we must never focus only on the greatness of his achievements. We must see the refusal to compromise that was carved into his bones as he faced the floodwaters of convention, and that resolve to do what could not be done even knowing it could not be done. That steadfastness is far more moving than any worldly accomplishment.

二、空海的四大現(xiàn)代性：千年之前，已為當(dāng)下而立

II. The Four Modernities of Kukai: A Thousand Years Ago, Already Standing for Today

空海雖身處一千二百年前，可他的人生選擇、精神內(nèi)核與處世智慧，卻擁有超越時空的現(xiàn)代性，他的精神，恰恰是治愈當(dāng)下時代困境的良藥，為每一個迷茫的現(xiàn)代人指明方向。

Though Kukai lived 1,200 years ago, the choices he made, the core of his spirit, and his practical wisdom possess a modernity that transcends time and space. His spirit is precisely the medicine for the predicaments of our age — a clear direction for every bewildered modern person.

他是終身學(xué)習(xí)的終極典范，是用生命踐行求知的求道者。十五歲精通儒典，十八歲著成《三教指歸》，二十一歲進(jìn)入大學(xué)寮深耕學(xué)識，三十一歲遠(yuǎn)赴大唐，此行從不是為了博取虛名、鍍金歸來，而是為了彌補(bǔ)自身修行與學(xué)識的缺憾，追尋真正的大道。在長安的歲月里，他不分門類、廣學(xué)博采，研習(xí)梵文、修習(xí)密法、鉆研書法、觀測天文、拜訪醫(yī)僧，窮盡所能汲取一切智慧。歸國之后，他創(chuàng)辦日本第一所綜合大學(xué)綜藝種智院，授課內(nèi)容從不局限于佛法，更涵蓋詩詞、醫(yī)學(xué)、音律、漢字等多元知識。

He is the ultimate model of lifelong learning — a seeker who enacted the pursuit of knowledge with his very life. At fifteen he had mastered the Confucian classics; at eighteen he completed the Sangō Shiiki; at twenty-one he entered the state university and deepened his studies; at thirty-one he set out for Tang China. This journey was never about winning empty fame or returning 'gilded.' It was to repair the gaps in his own learning and practice, and to pursue the true Way. During his years in Chang'an, he studied without regard to category and gathered widely: he worked on Sanskrit, received esoteric training, studied calligraphy, observed astronomy, and visited physician-monks, drawing on every resource to absorb every kind of wisdom. After returning to Japan, he founded the nation's first comprehensive academy, the Shugei Shuchi-in, whose teaching was never confined to Buddhism but extended to poetry, medicine, music theory, Chinese writing, and other fields of knowledge.

他從未將學(xué)習(xí)當(dāng)作階段性的任務(wù)，更不是為了獲得一紙證書、一份認(rèn)可便止步不前，而是把求知當(dāng)作生命的本能，如同呼吸一般自然且持續(xù)，從未停歇。反觀當(dāng)下，太多人把學(xué)習(xí)淪為打卡式的形式主義，學(xué)完一門課程、拿到一個證書便選擇躺平，我們從不缺少獲取知識的渠道，缺少的是空海那般發(fā)自內(nèi)心、永不枯竭的求知饑渴。看待空海，他從不是世俗意義上的學(xué)霸，而是一生向道、終身求知的生命求道者。

He never treated learning as a phased task, still less stopped at a piece of paper and a bit of recognition. He treated the pursuit of knowledge as a life instinct — as natural and continuous as breathing, and never at rest. Look at us today: too many treat learning as a ritual of box-ticking, finishing a course or earning a certificate and then collapsing into passivity. We have no shortage of channels to access information; what we lack is Kukai's heartfelt, inexhaustible hunger for knowing. To regard Kukai is to see not a worldly 'top student' but a life-long seeker who moved toward the Way throughout his days.

他是深耕創(chuàng)造的文化革新者，絕非簡單的文化搬運(yùn)工。長久以來，世人總誤以為空海只是將大唐的文化、佛法照搬帶回日本，這是對他最大的誤讀。面對佛教經(jīng)典《大日經(jīng)》，他沒有盲目復(fù)制文字，而是深入?yún)⑽颉⒅貥?gòu)其精神內(nèi)核，賦予密教適配日本本土的修行邏輯；面對傳入的漢字，他沒有直接沿用，而是提煉漢字草書精髓，匠心創(chuàng)制平假名，讓日語第一次擁有了屬于本民族的文字符號，擁有了真正的本土聲音；面對大唐建筑形制，他沒有一味模仿，而是將中式寺廟美學(xué)與日本山林意境深度融合，打造出高野山這座活著的禪意宇宙。

He was a deep-working cultural innovator, not a mere cultural courier. The world has long misread him as having simply lifted Tang culture and Buddhism and carried them back to Japan — this is the greatest misreading of him. Faced with the Mahāvairocana Sūtra, he did not blindly reproduce its words; he studied it deeply, reconstructed its spiritual core, and gave esoteric Buddhism a logic of practice fitted to Japanese soil. Faced with imported Chinese characters, he did not simply use them as they were, but distilled the essence of Chinese cursive script and skillfully created hiragana, giving Japanese for the first time a writing system of its own people and a genuine native voice. Faced with Tang architectural forms, he did not merely imitate, but fused the aesthetics of Chinese temple architecture with the atmosphere of Japan's mountain forests to build Mount Kōya — a living universe of Zen.

他對外來文化，始終踐行深度消化、轉(zhuǎn)化再生，而非簡單的拿來復(fù)制、照搬照抄。看待空海，他用一生詮釋了真正的文化自信，從不是盲目排斥外來文化，也不是一味崇洋媚外，而是以包容之心接納精華，再以本土根基為壤，將其轉(zhuǎn)化為自身的血肉與靈魂。當(dāng)下我們始終焦慮于文化輸出，卻常常忽略，輸出的前提，從來是先有沉下心的消化與獨(dú)一無二的再創(chuàng)造。

Toward foreign culture he always practiced deep digestion, transformation, and rebirth — never simple borrowing, copying, or wholesale reproduction. Through his life Kukai tells us what true cultural confidence is. It is not the blind rejection of foreign culture, nor the unthinking worship of what is foreign. It is the capacity to receive essences with an open heart, and then to use one's own native soil as a bed, transforming what was received into one's own flesh, blood, and soul. Today we are anxious about 'cultural export' and routinely forget that the precondition for export is first a settled digestion and a one-of-a-kind re-creation.

他是踐行教育平等的先驅(qū)者，是點(diǎn)燃靈魂火種的引路人。在空海所處的時代，日本教育被貴族徹底壟斷，知識是上層階級的專屬，平民、女子皆被隔絕在學(xué)堂之外，教育的目的也只是培養(yǎng)為官之人，全然失去了育人的本質(zhì)。而空海打破階層壁壘，創(chuàng)辦綜藝種智院，向社會所有階層開放，無論僧人還是平民、男子還是女子，皆有入學(xué)求學(xué)的機(jī)會。他傳授的知識，從不是教人如何謀取官職、追名逐利，而是教人修身立德、明心覺悟、成為一個完整的人。

He was a pioneer in practicing educational equality — a guide who kindled the fire of the soul. In Kukai's time, education in Japan was wholly monopolized by the aristocracy; knowledge was the exclusive preserve of the upper class, and commoners and women were cut off from the classroom. The aim of education had shrunk to producing future officials, losing the essence of 'cultivating people.' Kukai broke those class barriers by founding the Shugei Shuchi-in and opening it to every stratum of society. Monks and commoners, men and women alike could come to study. What he taught was never how to obtain office or chase fame and profit; it was how to cultivate oneself and one's virtue, to clarify the mind and awaken, and to become a whole human being.

比之歐洲最早的大學(xué)，他提前四百年，便踐行了通識教育、人文關(guān)懷與知識民主化的教育理念。看待空海，他從不是普通的教書先生，而是點(diǎn)亮靈魂火種的啟蒙者，他始終堅信，每一個靈魂都值得被喚醒，每一個生命都有求知的權(quán)利。當(dāng)下教育被分?jǐn)?shù)、內(nèi)卷、功利焦慮層層綁架，我們在追逐技能提升、分?jǐn)?shù)高低的同時，早已忘記教育的終極目的，是喚醒靈魂、塑造人格，讓人成為完整、豐盈、有溫度的人。

Four hundred years before Europe's earliest universities, he was already enacting the ideals of general education, humanistic care, and the democratization of knowledge. To regard Kukai is to see not an ordinary schoolmaster, but an Enlightener who lit the fire of the soul. He believed throughout that every soul deserves to be awakened and that every life has the right to seek knowledge. Today's education is bound at every layer by grades, hyper-competition, and utilitarian anxiety. As we pursue ever-sharper skills and ever-higher scores, we have long forgotten that the ultimate aim of education is to awaken the soul and shape the person — to help someone become a whole, abundant, warm human being.

他是指引內(nèi)在覺醒的精神導(dǎo)師，是點(diǎn)破生命本真的覺醒者。空海留給世人最震撼、最珍貴的，從來不是他的世俗成就，而是他直指人心的哲學(xué)內(nèi)核。即身成佛，點(diǎn)明眾生此刻此身，本就具備圓滿佛性，無需等待來世、無需累世苦修；心即是佛，道破真正的覺悟不在遙遠(yuǎn)天界、不在香火廟宇，而在每個人的本心之中；萬法唯心，詮釋世間萬象，皆是內(nèi)心的投射，心之所向，便是人生歸途。

He was a spiritual teacher pointing the way to inner awakening — an awakened one who pierced through the surface to the truth of life. The most stirring and precious thing Kukai left the world was not his worldly achievement but the philosophical core of his teaching, which points directly to the human heart. 'Attaining Buddhahood in this very body' reveals that sentient beings, in this very moment and this very body, already possess complete Buddha-nature — there is no need to wait for a next life, no need for endless lifetimes of austere toil. 'Mind itself is Buddha' says that true awakening lies neither in distant heavens nor in incense-filled temples, but in the original heart of every person. 'All phenomena are mind' explains that the myriad appearances of the world are projections of the inner life, and wherever the heart turns is where life's road leads home.

他從不勸人盲目念佛、祈求來世，而是直白地告訴世人，不必向外求索，當(dāng)下此刻，就可以覺醒內(nèi)心、活出圓滿的生命境界。這不是單純的宗教教義，而是最深刻的心理學(xué)與存在主義，是直擊人心的生命哲學(xué)。他讓我們明白，我們從來不需要等待條件成熟才認(rèn)真生活，不需要等待他人認(rèn)可才擁有存在價值，不需要刻意變得更好才值得被愛，因?yàn)槊恳粋€生命，本來就圓滿自足。看待空海，他不是高高在上的神明，而是第一個點(diǎn)醒世人、告知你本自具足的靈魂引路人。

He never urged anyone to chant the Buddha's name blindly or to pray for a future life. He said plainly: do not search outside; right now, in this very moment, you can awaken the heart and live a full, complete life. This is not mere religious doctrine; it is the most profound psychology and existentialism, a philosophy of life that strikes directly at the human heart. He lets us see that we never need to wait for 'conditions' to be right before living in earnest, never need another's approval before we are worth something, never need to become 'better' before we are worthy of love — because every life, from the beginning, is complete and sufficient. To regard Kukai is not to look up at a distant deity, but to meet the first guide of the soul who woke us by telling us: 'You are already enough.'

三、空海：治愈時代困境的精神解藥

III. Kukai: A Spiritual Remedy for the Predicaments of Our Age

我們身處一個信息爆炸卻心靈荒蕪、物質(zhì)豐富卻意義匱乏、全球互聯(lián)卻孤獨(dú)入骨、人人追逐功利成功卻遺忘如何活著的時代。焦慮、內(nèi)耗、自我懷疑成為常態(tài)，我們依賴算法、流量、點(diǎn)贊確認(rèn)自身價值，在文化自卑與盲目崇拜之間搖擺，教育重技能而輕靈魂，人生只求上岸安穩(wěn)，不敢奔赴心中熱愛、直面未知挑戰(zhàn)。

We live in an age of information overload and inner desolation, of material abundance and meaning-scarcity, of global connection and bone-deep loneliness, where everyone pursues utilitarian success and no one remembers how to live. Anxiety, inner attrition, and self-doubt have become the norm. We rely on algorithms, traffic, and 'likes' to confirm our own worth; we swing between cultural self-contempt and unthinking foreign worship; education favors skills and neglects souls; life is reduced to 'getting onto safe ground,' and we dare not pursue what we love nor face the uncertainty of the unknown.

而空海，如同穿越千年的一束光，精準(zhǔn)照進(jìn)這個時代的精神困境，給出最有力的回應(yīng)：面對焦慮內(nèi)耗，他告訴我們本心自足、不假外求；面對外在功利的價值綁架，他提醒我們真正的智慧不在虛擬屏幕里，而在內(nèi)心的靜觀與呼吸之間；面對文化迷茫，他指引我們不必盲目模仿，只需堅守本心、轉(zhuǎn)化創(chuàng)新；面對功利教育，他詮釋教育是點(diǎn)燃火種，而非灌滿容器；面對茍且安穩(wěn)，他以自身踐行寧可葬身大海，也不愿活成行尸走肉。

And Kukai, like a beam of light piercing a thousand years, shines precisely into the spiritual predicament of our age and offers the most powerful reply. To our anxiety and inner attrition he says: the original heart is sufficient, and there is nothing to seek outside. To the value-tyranny of utility he reminds us: true wisdom is not inside a virtual screen but between the quiet gaze and steady breath of the inner life. To cultural confusion he counsels: we need not imitate blindly — only hold to the original heart, transform, and create anew. To utility-driven schooling he explains: education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. And to the lure of mere safety he answers with his own life: better to be buried in the sea than to live on as a walking corpse.

空海從來不是屬于過去的歷史人物，而是我們這個時代最需要、最契合的精神同路人，他的思想，是治愈當(dāng)下精神內(nèi)耗、找回生命本真的最好解藥。

Kukai has never belonged merely to the past. He is the spiritual fellow-traveler our age needs most and resonates with most, and his thought is the best remedy we have for healing modern inner exhaustion and recovering the authenticity of life.

四、看待空海的三重境界

IV. Three Levels of Regarding Kukai

看待空海，有著層層遞進(jìn)、由表及里的三重境界，每一層都代表著不同的認(rèn)知高度，也藏著對自我、對時代的不同理解。

There are three deepening levels — from surface to interior — at which to regard Kukai, each representing a different altitude of understanding and containing a different reading of the self and the age.

第一層，是將他視為單純的歷史人物，知曉他是日本真言宗祖師、創(chuàng)造了平假名，了解他的生平事跡與歷史貢獻(xiàn)，這是對歷史事實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)認(rèn)知，是讀懂空海的起點(diǎn)，卻也只是停留在表面的知識了解。

The first level is to regard him as a straightforward historical figure: knowing that he was the founding patriarch of Japanese Shingon, that he created hiragana, and understanding his life and historical contributions. This is the basic grasp of historical fact — the starting point of reading him — but it stops at surface knowledge.

第二層，是將他視作文化符號，讀懂他是日本文明的核心奠基者，是藝術(shù)、哲學(xué)、教育的化身，理解他對日本文化、東亞文明交流的深遠(yuǎn)影響，看懂他在文化傳承、文明交融中的核心價值，這是對其歷史價值的深度解讀。

The second level is to regard him as a cultural symbol: understanding that he is a founding pillar of Japanese civilization, an embodiment of art, philosophy, and education, and grasping his far-reaching impact on Japanese culture and on East Asian civilizational exchange, as well as his core value in cultural transmission and civilizational fusion. This is a deeper reading of his historical significance.

第三層，也是最高境界，是將他當(dāng)作生命榜樣，從他的身上，看見那個敢于放棄安穩(wěn)、向內(nèi)求索、掙脫世俗、活出真我的自己。這一層看待，早已脫離對他人的仰望，而是以空海為鏡，喚醒沉睡的本心，找回前行的勇氣，將他的精神融入自身的生命選擇。

The third and highest level is to regard him as a model for our own life: seeing in him the self who dares to let go of safety, turn inward in search, shake off convention, and live as the true self. At this level we have moved beyond looking up at another; we take Kukai as a mirror, awaken the sleeping heart, and recover the courage to move forward — weaving his spirit into the choices of our own life.

最高級的看待與敬仰，從來不是抬頭仰望他的偉大，而是在某一個瞬間，我們決定不再逃避、不再討好、不再隨波逐流，堅守內(nèi)心、勇敢奔赴的時候，我們，就活成了自己的空海。

The highest form of regarding and of reverence has never been the gaze upward at his greatness. It is the moment in which we decide to stop running, stop placating, stop drifting with the current — to hold fast to the heart and walk bravely forward. In that moment, we have become our own Kukai.

寫在最后：致每一個追尋生命意義的人

Afterword: To Everyone in Search of Meaning

我們不必復(fù)刻空海的一生，不必成為第二個空海，但我們可以像他一樣，在所有人追逐外在浮華、功利名利時，選擇向內(nèi)觀照、堅守本心；在所有人害怕失敗、畏懼未知時，選擇勇敢出發(fā)、直面挑戰(zhàn)；在所有人都說不可能、安于現(xiàn)狀時，選擇默默堅守、揚(yáng)帆啟航。

We do not need to replicate Kukai's life; we do not need to become a second Kukai. But we can be like him: when all others are chasing outward glamour and worldly gain, choose to turn inward and hold to the original heart; when all others fear failure and shrink from the unknown, choose to set out bravely and face the challenge head-on; when all others say 'it can't be done' and settle into the status quo, choose to quietly hold the line and raise the sail.

我們不必像他一樣渡海萬里遠(yuǎn)赴長安，但可以在自己的心里，為那片追尋真理、堅守本心的寶海，留下一盞永不熄滅的明燈。

We need not cross ten thousand miles of sea to reach Chang'an. But within our own heart we can keep an ever-burning lamp for that treasured sea — the sea of seeking truth and holding fast to the original heart.

空海從來不是歷史的終點(diǎn)，而是每一個迷茫靈魂覺醒的起點(diǎn)。他用一生告訴我們，所謂偉大，從來不是迎合世俗、獲得多少名利，而是堅守本心、不妥協(xié)、不將就，活成自己想要的模樣。

Kukai is never the endpoint of history; he is the starting point for any wandering soul's awakening. Through his life he tells us that greatness never lies in pleasing the world or accumulating fame and profit, but in holding the original heart, refusing to compromise, refusing to settle, and living into the shape of the self one truly wants to be.

我們看待空海，從來不是贊嘆他有多偉大，而是看見他如何活出了我們內(nèi)心渴望、卻又不敢奔赴的人生。而對他最好的致敬，從來不是跪拜與仰望，而是在某一個清晨，終于放下逃避與怯懦，勇敢走向自己內(nèi)心的那片海。

To regard Kukai is never merely to marvel at his greatness, but to see how he lived the very life our hearts long for yet dare not pursue. The finest tribute to him is never kneeling or gazing upward, but, on some quiet morning, finally setting down our evasion and our timidity and walking bravely toward the sea within our own heart.

心之所向，素履以往，你我皆可成為自己生命里的那片寶海。

Wherever the heart points, go there in plain shoes. You and I, each of us, can become the treasured sea of our own life.

附：空海現(xiàn)代箴言

Appendix: Modern Aphorisms from Kukai

1. 你不需要去長安找佛，你只需在今天，安靜地，呼吸一次。

1. You do not need to travel to Chang'an to find the Buddha. Today, it is enough to breathe, quietly, once.

2. 真正的寶藏，不在遠(yuǎn)方，在你未曾傾聽的內(nèi)心深處。

2. The true treasure is not in far-off places, but in the depths of an inner life you have not yet listened to.

3. 寧可死于海，不愿生如尸。

3. Better to die at sea than to live as a corpse.

作者簡介：

李神琦（Rex Lee）是一位華裔美國演員、獲獎劇作家與百老匯制作人，常駐紐約市。他本科畢業(yè)于芝加哥大學(xué)，主修歷史與政治學(xué)，并于倫敦政治經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院（LSE）獲得金融與社會學(xué)碩士學(xué)位。

李神琦擁有橫跨藝術(shù)、金融與公共事務(wù)領(lǐng)域的廣泛經(jīng)驗(yàn)，曾于國際頂級藝術(shù)拍賣行蘇富比（Sotheby’s）任職，并在華盛頓特區(qū)擔(dān)任企業(yè)說客，代表多家跨國公司進(jìn)行政策游說。

他的表演生涯始于入圍全美極具聲望的 Jerry Herman Awards，這一經(jīng)歷點(diǎn)燃了他對舞臺藝術(shù)的熱情。其后，李神琦成為當(dāng)年唯一入選的華裔男演員，受邀加入英國國家劇院（National Theatre Company of Great Britain），并展開國際巡演。他也曾參演美國國家級廣告、影展短片，以及倫敦 Off-West End 的專業(yè)劇場演出，并受保加利亞文化部邀請，赴索菲亞國家劇院登臺演出，展現(xiàn)其多語文化的舞臺魅力。

舞臺之外，李神琦在學(xué)術(shù)領(lǐng)域同樣表現(xiàn)出色。他曾在全美歷史競賽（National History Bowl）及美國地理奧林匹克（U.S. Geography Olympiad）中取得佳績，并入選美國國家隊(duì)。他對全球事務(wù)、文化歷史與地緣政治的深厚理解，持續(xù)為其劇作與表演注入思想深度與跨文化的敘事視角。

作為百老匯制作人，李神琦致力于搭建中美戲劇之間的橋梁——將美國戲劇引入中國，也讓中國作品登上紐約舞臺。他堅信戲劇能夠穿越語言與國界，成為文化交流的窗口與心靈的共鳴。他的作品關(guān)注移民經(jīng)驗(yàn)、身份認(rèn)同與文化錯位，通過藝術(shù)不斷重塑“歸屬”的意義，推動亞洲敘事在全球劇場中的傳播與再想象。

Author Profile:

Li Shenqi (Rex Lee) is a Chinese-American actor, award-winning playwright, and Broadway producer based in New York City. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, majoring in History and Political Science, and later obtained a Master's degree in Finance and Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Li Shenqi boasts extensive experience spanning the realms of art, finance, and public affairs. He has previously held positions at Sotheby's, an internationally renowned art auction house, and worked as a corporate lobbyist in Washington, D.C., representing several multinational corporations in policy advocacy.

His acting career took off after being shortlisted for the prestigious Jerry Herman Awards across the United States, an experience that ignited his passion for stage art. Subsequently, Li Shenqi became the sole Chinese-American male actor selected that year to join the National Theatre Company of Great Britain and embarked on international tours. He has also appeared in national-level advertisements in the United States, short films at film festivals, professional theatre productions Off-West End in London, and was invited by the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture to perform at the National Theatre in Sofia, showcasing his multilingual and multicultural stage presence.

Beyond the stage, Li Shenqi has excelled academically as well. He achieved remarkable results in the National History Bowl and the U.S. Geography Olympiad, earning a spot on the U.S. national team. His profound understanding of global affairs, cultural history, and geopolitics continuously infuses his plays and performances with intellectual depth and cross-cultural narrative perspectives.

As a Broadway producer, Li Shenqi is committed to building bridges between Chinese and American theatre—introducing American plays to China and bringing Chinese works to the New York stage. He firmly believes that theatre can transcend language and national boundaries, serving as a window for cultural exchange and a resonance of the soul. His works focus on immigrant experiences, identity, and cultural dislocation, continuously reshaping the meaning of "belonging" through art and promoting the dissemination and reimagination of Asian narratives in the global theatre landscape.

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