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A study on Sangeosi(山居詩) of Buddhism in the Joseon Dynasty

  • The Studies in Korean Poetry and Culture
  • Abbr : Korean Poetry and Culture
  • 2011, (28), pp.29-56
  • Publisher : The Society of Korean Poetry and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Kim seoktae 1

1전남대학교

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ABSTRACT

Sangeosi is poetry which poets expressed their impression and feelings living in the mountains. Buddhist priests wrote poems while they practiced asceticism in the mountains and Sangeosi is an important part of their poems. From Goryeo Dynasty to Joseon Dynasty the Buddhist priests consistently had created the Sangeosi. It becomes a part of traditional Buddhist literature. The important figures are as follows: Daegakguksa Uicheon, Muuija Hyesim, Wongam Chungji, Taego Bou, Naong Hyegeun, and Baekun Gyeonghan. All of them were people in the Goryeo Dynasty. The number of priests who wrote the Sangeosi in the Joseon Dynasty is about 60 and their poems was distributed throughout the whole period such as from Cheongheo Hyujeong's to Geummyeong Bojeong's. This thesis addressed the writers of the Sangeosi and their poems. In addition, it inquired into the works of the prominent writers such as Heoeungdang Bou, Seolam Chubung and Aam Hyejang. The characteristics of the Buddhist priests' Sangeosi are as follows: The priests considered the life in the mountains as valuable and desirable one compared to earthly world. They thought the nature as a place to find peace and they sang a song which describes their life in harmony with nature with pleasure. Moreover, they gained wisdom through interaction with everything they were exposed to in nature and they pursued the realization to the world of truth. Literature is closely related to the life of writers. Seon priests' Sangeosi is poetry that is created by human beings' communion with nature, which is a kind of nature poems and poems about philosophy of the Buddhism.

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