조지훈 불교문학의 형성배경에 대한 고찰

Abstract

This article is a study on the background of the formation of Cho Ji-hoon's Buddhist literature. His research on Buddhist literature was mainly conducted in the field of creative poetry, and there was hardly any discussion on prose or background. In this regard, a study on the background of Chinese literacy and Buddhist literacy centered on prose corresponds to a new field in the research area of ​​Cho Ji-Hoon Buddhist literature. The main analysis subjects of this article are the Chinese language curriculum of childhood, the curriculum of the Central Buddhist College, and the reading experience and prose writing experience while teaching at Woljeongsa Temple. It was confirmed that Cho Ji-hoon's Chinese literacy was an essential tool in the process of forming Buddhist literature and contributed to the establishment of a broad foundation for academic and liberal arts. During the research, it was suggested that the contents of Ji-hoon's home education and the course of studying at the ‘Young-Yang General school’ and ‘Seodang’ should be revealed more precisely, and it was revealed that this is an important task in establishing the chronology of Cho Ji-hoon. The curriculum of the Central Buddhist College corresponds to the first phase of Ji-hoon's formation of Buddhist literature. Ji-hoon's academic record during the Central Buddhist College is a major empirical data that can confirm Ji-hoon's courses. It was revealed that discovering new materials can be helpful for existing research in that it is possible to estimate Ji-hoon's level of Buddhist culture. In addition, this article tried to argue that the original title of “Record of Splendor and Yearning [華戀記]”, which was submitted and rejected at the time, was “Record of Splendor and Sadness [華悲記]”. It was pointed out that the ‘love-drama [戀劇]’ at the end of the poem’s text was a misunderstanding of ‘tragedy [悲劇]’, and both judge Jung Ji-yong and contributor Cho Ji-hoon noted that this work was recorded as “Record of Splendor and Sadness [華悲記]”. The period of lecturer at Woljeongsa Temple was regarded as the second formation period of Buddhist literature by Cho Ji-hoon. During this period of just over a year, Cho Ji-hoon engaged in various activities such as lectures and reading experiences for his students, Zen practice, poetry and prose and writing letters. This thesis tried to analyze the prose of this period, which was rarely used in studies on Buddhist literature by Cho Ji-hoon and selected three representative pieces to advance the discussion. What was confirmed through “Zen Tasting with Poetry [詩禪一味]”, “Ask with poetry and answer with Zen [詩問禪答]”, “About the Thoughts of Banya [般若]”, etc., is that Ji-hoon’s understanding of Buddhism is not a simple cultural hobby, but a systematically deepened level. These materials deserve new attention in that they have not been widely used for research and commentary on Ji-hoon's poetry.