편양언기(鞭羊彦機)의 선사상과 그 시적 형상화

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to trace the characteristic of Seon thought of Seon master Pyeongyang Eon-ki(1581∼1644), and to examine his poetic aesthetics formed in the course of seeking after the truth and enlightenment, of communing with nature and outside the secular world, and of guiding his disciples and lay people. Succeeding Seon thought of Seon master Seosan Hyujeong's 'Seon and doctrine is the same one,' Eon-ki stressed that mind is the basis of all things. Among Seosan’s four factions, the faction of Eon-ki flourished in later times. He thought that three gates to enlightenment such as Gyeongjeolmun, Wondonmun, and Yeombulmun are ultimately the same one in enlightening the original face, Buddha nature. He lived Bodhisattvas's life saving sentient beings in Pyeonyang castle: rearing sheep or taking care of 300 beggars for about ten years. He attempted to find the original nature through Samatha- vipassana, and expressed his Seon mind in more simple and condensed poetic images and dictions. His poetic world, created in the course of his severe practice and enlightenment, is more lyrically depicted well. Consequently, the characteristic of Eon-ki's poetic expression is the very good combination of Seon intuition and poetic imagination.