無用 秀演大師의 시문 연구

Abstract

This paper is to investigate Muyong's poems, who was a Zen monk in Chosun dynasty, focusing into the aspects of poetic development. And with the base of the aspects, this paper looks into the characteristic and meaning, relating to a system of his thought. Firstly, it is seemed like that Muyong tried to represent Zen spirits immanent in nature. Nature, to him, is not the object of reverencing or the object for reciting, but something that includes Zen spirits in itself. Secondly, it can be said that he had thought relatively. This fact is found in his poems which he exchanged with Confucian scholars each other. It can be said that his relationship with them might be possible, because he was considerate. Thirdly, his poems shows that he must be large-minded. Actually, he composed a lot of poems which represented his spirit. To be large-minded might be only for the man who has attained the highest state of enlightenment. And it might means that the man attained a state of non-obstruction. He represented many speculation in his poems, so it seems that there arey mixed thoughts. It seems that some poems are based on Zen thoughts, others are on Hua-yen thoughts, even some are on the thought in Changja method