한·중 禪僧의 山居詩 비교 ―普雨와 憨山의 山居詩를 중심으로

Abstract

This paper will discuss the origin of Sangeoshi (山居詩)written by Seonseung (禪僧: a monk of Zen Buddhism) in the premodern era of Korea and China. It also talks about the form of Sangeoshi. Sangeoshi is one of the forms of poetry in the classical Chinese cultural area (漢文文化圈) during the premodern era. Sangeoshi has continued to appear in the whole history of Chinese since the Dang era (唐代). It was written by Korean from the latter part of Korea (高麗: It does not mean the republic of Korea) to the latter part of the Chosun (朝鮮). It was the subordinate form of Seonshi (禪詩: the written by Seonseung). Especially, it was written by Seonseung of Limjaejong (臨濟宗: one of the factions of Seonjong 〈禪宗〉: Zen Buddhism). Sangeoshi is comprised of the story of Seonseung’s unworldly emotion and happiness in experience of Buddhist Zen. So, it tries to tell that fame and worth is more worthless than the sense of freedom and peace of mind in an unworldly lifestyle. This form generally appears in Gamsan (.랹)갽s poem in Myung (뼻) and Bow (븕덶)갽s in Chosun. However, their poems appear a little different in the aspects of topic and of material in their different social situations and lifestyles.