步步生莲【英】

Lotuses Growing at Each Step

定义

佛教故事画情节之一。故事讲：释迦太子从摩耶夫人右腋下出生后，即能站立、走路，行走七步，脚下步步生出莲花，太子还一手指天，一手指地，宣称“天上天下，唯我独尊”。

Lotuses Growing at Each Step: narrative painting of a Buddhist story. According to legend, after Siddhārtha Gautama was born from the right armpit of Queen Maya, he immediately stood up and walked seven steps forward, with a lotus flower appearing in the footprint of each step. Then, the Prince, with one hand pointing to the heavens and the other to the earth, said: “I am chief of the world, eldest am I in the world, foremost am I in the world.”