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Buddhist Synecdoche(賊機語法) of Zen and English Poetry

  • PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
  • 2013, (16), pp.125~139
  • Publisher : Research Institute for East-West Thought
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities

Sul,Tae-Soo 1

1세명대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

As is well known, metaphor has a powerful and touching function as a rhetoric. Its equation is expressed like 'A=B', for instance, the phrase 'My mind is a lake, you come to me on your boat.' In this poetic sentence, the mind is compared to a lake. Therefore it is very effective to use that metaphor as a way of manifesting one's own feeling for his/her lover. But there is much more eccentric rhetoric called the 'Buddhist Synecdoche'(賊機語法). Its key point is characterized as 'A=non A' is the its key point. So very often the Zen poetry(禪詩) has abnormal sentences and non-realistic meanings. Yet we can inquire their deep and hidden meanings through the unusual sentences. This way, one wants to seek after the truth, but it is difficult to define that in one way. And there is no fixed way to realize the ultimate reality as well. Therefore the Buddhist Synecdoche can be one solution for perceiving the truth, even if it seems to be somewhat absurd and difficult. Some English poetry has a little bit similar effect like the Zen poetry. But they have much different style from the point of expressing their meanings. Most of all English poetry have normal sentences, and they are more communicative than those of Zen poetry. Anyway both of them have a common ground aiming at revealing the poetic profound truth.

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