草衣意恂의 茶詩 연구

Abstract

Choiyeuyeusun(草衣意恂) has been called ‘a Zen master of tea’ in Korea. That is the because he took root a tea ceremony(茶道) in Korea. He had done a self-training for 40years in Iljiam(一枝庵), Daheung-Sa(大興寺), Hanam(海南). During that, he had set up theoretically a tea ceremony(茶道) as writing many Dasi(茶詩) just like Dongdasong(東茶頌), Dasinjun(茶神傳). In addition to that, he had made efforts to develop a good seed aroung DadunSan(大芚山) by planting and growing a tea in person. As the result, it became the center of tea culture. Tea was very important for his self-training. We can know that he had done a Zen training through tea. seeing a collection of his works. The purpose of this treatise is to check it out what special features his Dasi have. Therefore, we have first looked into a mode of taking tea in a Buddhist. This is to understand the background of his Dasi(茶詩). it is first helpful to be done a self-training for spiritual awakening. Second, it is the priestfavorite food. And it can find that a serial process of drinking tea is quietly similar to meditation in Buddhism. There are several special features in his Dasi(茶詩). First, it is called a poem which is revealed daily life, that is, related to tea such like a teacup, hospitality. Second, it is a poem which is developed into Daron(茶論), that is, making a good tea(眞茶), boiling a suitable fire(眞水) and fixing tea in law(泡法). Third, it is a poem which tea is the same as Zen(茶禪一如), that is, drinking tea is developed as Zen training. Those can be accomplished a self-training by getting out of attachment in chase of the root of tea.