禪師들의 스토리텔링— 禪語錄의 小說性 고찰

Abstract

The main content of this study is to identify the novel elements, novel character of Seon’s Quotation (hereinafter called Seon Quotation). Quotation is basically a stenographic records. Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty also leave their Quotation, but their writing is mainly academic discourse. However, monks deliberately use language tactics when teaching or testing disciples, or, in a sudden situation, they had a good response as a master of languages, and these situations can be a story. Therefore, recorders can be a work by simply recording the events sequentially. This can be referred to as the original novel character of eon Quotation. On the other hand, the characteristic of the Seon Quotation is closely related to reality, everyday life. This dailyness is also a characteristic of Seon Buddhism. So monks tend to be more realistic, although Seon Quotation is already a record. A Seon Quotation often contains a very detailed record of the area, time, or people involved in the event. But it’s so detailed that it’s hard to trust, and sometimes errors are obvious. They can be thought of as a novel device embedded later. In other words, the existing texts seem to include a later adaptation. These adaptations can be small changes in characters or largely reorganize events. This is the novel character that emerged later. The former and the latter, in other words the novel character of original type and postdated type are based on the differences between the two records which differ in time. Meanwhile, some records have a fairly novel composition from the beginning. The novel in this case speaks of Fictional character, and the concept is slightly different from the novels mentioned so far. There are three kinds of novel features in the Seon Quotation.