唐代 詩僧의 禪詩 양상 고찰 - 王梵志, 皎然, 齊己의 禪詩를 중심으로

Abstract

Zen poetry is the fusion of buddhist zen and poetry, there are zen poetry of a monk and zen poetry of a general poet. Tang dynasty has many poet monks, a representative of poet monks are Wangfanzhi(王梵志) of early Tang dynasty, Jiaoran(皎然) of middle Tang dynasty and Qiji(齐己) of late tang dynasty. Their zen poetry can be classified into a zen poetry with a very strong Buddhist colors and a zen poetry of blending Buddhist elements. On Buddhism color very strong zen poetry, zen poetry of Wangfanzhi(王梵志) very strongly had Buddhism color, but because he mainly expressed instructive contents, his zen poetry did not contain profound buddhist thought. But zen poetry of Jiaoran(皎然) and Qiji(齐己) profoundly expressed teachings of buddhist. On a zen poetry of blending Buddhist elements, Wangfanzhi(王梵志) very little had elements of a zen poetry, but Jiaoran(皎然) and Qiji(齐己) very many had elements of a zen poetry. Moreover, zen poetry of Jiaoran(皎然) and Qiji(齐己) very expertly expressed their spiritual enlightenment. In conclusion, a zen poetry of Jiaoran(皎然) and Qiji(齐己) not only liven up the creative activity of a zen poetry but also raised the level of zen poetry writing, and then had a big influence on the zen poetry writing of general poets.