裸女 앞에 선 원효, 그리고 그의 숭고한 체험

Abstract

"Seduction by Nanyeo," one of Wonhyo's legend, is not only problematic in the aspects of structure, aesthetics, and women's studies, but it also boasts a high level of completion. In terms of structure, the story established the psychological process of Wonhyo's realization beautifully. It created the process of him dismantling his perceptions and making a leap to a dimension of a new being through his repentance with structural excellence. In terms of aesthetics, the story achieved the sublime aesthetics of "unpleasantness and pleasure" to integrate unpleasant and pleasant emotions. As Wonhyo fails in granting unity to female beings by capturing them numerically and quantitatively, unpleasant emotions are aroused. Then he turns his head into his inner side and has a mysterious religious experience inside, thus tasting blissful pleasure. As he tastes both unpleasant and pleasant emotions, "Seduction by Nanyeo" achieves the aesthetics of the sublime. Finally, "Seduction by Nanyeo implies two meanings in the viewpoint of women's studies or women's Buddhahood theory. One is "dismantling male perspectives through female ones," and the other is "Women are always Avalokiteśvara." Unlike Wonhyo's other tales, this story takes women as truth and a core issue and thus has its differentiating significance recognized.