佛家 寺刹題詠詩의 문학적 지향

Abstract

Man lives in continuous relationship with his surroundings. Surroundings in human life have various layers including natural environment and human relations. Literature also differs its characters according to its surroundings. Especially a Chinese poem whose structure is based on meeting of human and nature can vary in accordance with poet's perception in nature. Most of korean temples locate in nature with beautiful hills and pure water for a background. Therefore many poets and artists have used temples as a place of literature and creation. This paper go into the study of chinese poems connected with temples which are korean brilliant relics and also beautiful nature environment. In general, these chinese poems are called as temple-poems. Not a Confucianist's but a Buddhist monk's temple-poems are studied in here. First, temples represented in temple-poems of Buddhist literature were breathing spaces contrasted to the mundane world. This breathing time pursue mental calmness rather than break after labor. Second, poet, actually who was just a Buddhist monk, thought beautiful nature of temples as the world of Taoists as if he had been one of them. Third, Buddhist monks' duty is to get spiritual awakening through out continuous self-training. That is sön(Buddhist meditation). Temple was surely the place where Buddhist monks got enlightenment and examined themselves. Finally, whole history of Korea and Buddhism is kept in temples. Confucians' temple-poems are mainly appreciating the beauty of nature. On the other hand, Buddhist monks' temple-poems aimed at lofty spirit by entering deep into the nature.