In Buddhist sculpture from China, by contrast, the Greek celebration of the human form is replaced by more stylized figures with razor-thin brows and eyes narrowed to a slit, as if to indicate that the figure is pondering the deep mysteries of life, while the hint of a smile on the lips suggests a profound inner calm.
然而佛像到了中國以後，那希臘式對身體的寫實讚美，就變成了垂目、細眉的內斂造型，彷彿在觀想生命的真理，嘴角綻放的微笑，也散發著內心的靜謐。