Quoting Ci to Achieve Zen Enlightenment:The Spread and Acceptance of Song Dynasty Literati Ci in Zen Buddhism
The spread and acceptance of Song literati Ci in Zen is a unique perspective of the study for the relationship between Song Ci and Buddhist Zen.Specifically,there are three ways for Buddhist monks to integrate Song Ci,which are the absorption of vocabulary,the use of sentence formation and the deduction of the whole text.The phenomenon of"Quoting Ci to achieve Zen enlightenment"is based on the theoretical premise of the thought"Zen of words"and the practical basis of monks'familiarity with Song Ci,as well as the consideration of using famous works to promote the Dharma,and showing their preference for scenery sentences,Zen sentences and philosophical sentences.As an important part of the research on the relationship between Ci and Zen,"Quoting Ci to achieve Zen enlightenment"not only broadens the interpretation space of literati ci in Song Dynasty,but also makes the original works without meaning of Zen have the possibility of Zen interpretation.At the same time,it also reflects the Ci concept of the Zen to serve the Buddhist activities as the highest criterion and to take elegance as the orientation of aesthetic criterion.
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