蘇軾의 인생 역정과 儒佛道 수용 태도의 관계 고찰

Abstract

This paper traces and examines the process through which he came to accept the representative Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist ideas of China through the history of the life of Su-Shi, who is a representative writer of the Northern Song period. The introduction analyzed what the Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist thought systems were looking for through their respective text messages. Confucianism was able to stand at the center of institutional politics as it came to Tang Dynasty Han-Yu, where it put emphasis on the relationship and order of the human world rather than the realm of God, while emphasizing orthodoxy around Confucius. Taoism presented a different path for individuals than Confucianism by extending the category of thinking to nature, focusing on the value of ‘natural without dignity’ rather than artificial order. Buddhism presented different ideas from Confucianism and Taoism as foreign ideas. It is an organic connection between the present and the afterlife through the concept of ‘cause and effect’. And Buddhism has set the ultimate goal of human life in “deliverance” and extended the range of reasons to space. Su-shi was evenly exposed to the idea of 儒佛道 in the process of growing up and studying from his ancestors and SiChuan as a young man. When he passed the exam and was in office, he showed himself as a Confucian scholar who truly loved the people. But when he fell into political frustration from exile in HuangZhou, he mainly relied on Buddhism and Taoism to overcome the ordeal. Finally, when he went on a second exile in the HuiZhou and TanZhou regions, he embraced many Buddhist ideas, interacting with many Buddhist monks. The biggest feature of accepting 儒佛道 ideas in his life is that he sought convergence and unity based on the commonalities of each idea, rather than blindly following any one. In other words, he criticized the negative aspects of each idea, but maintained that the ultimate goal of life was one. Most of these facts can be fully verified through his writings, poetry and numerous writings left by his friends.