大覺國師 義天의 茶談論에 관한 일고찰

Abstract

The critical study on the concept of Uichon’s Tea No, Sung-Hwan This article is about the critical study on the concept of Uichon’s Tea. By reviewing of previous studies, the concept of Uichon’s Tea can be summarizes as follows. He followed the tea plantation techniques of the Song dynasty and built the Sean-am temple. By the Tea, He was in the traditional mentor disciple relation with the Liao dynasty’s emperor. He imported the Long Feng tea from the Song dynasty and exported the Noewon-tea to the China. The philosophy of Uichon’s tea is based on the Daseonilyeo(茶禪一如). In fact, academically his concept of tea was not refined. He wasn’t the person who brought the tea plantation from the Song Dynasty. And he wasn’t in the traditional mentor disciple relation with the Liao dynasty’s emperor. Also it wasn’t him who developed the Noewon-tea and had important role in tea trade with China. Uichon’s Tea concept was more close to the DongLim temple’s monk Haewon who prefers to have a tea with intense discussion rather than ideological practice such as DaseonIlyeo (茶 禪一如) or Hwagyeongcheongjoek(和敬淸寂). The tea wasn’t the Zen practice to find the truth, he was just enjoying tea while the discussion on Buddhist scripture or during the everyday life. The tea was nothing more than an tea in the daily life.