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Sikyoungam(息影菴) is a work handed down in a family portraying ‘SukJang’(錫杖) to a human in a form of dialogue between Sikyoungam and Jungsija(丁侍者). Sikyoungam claimed that one needs to find the virtue when facing the object. During the process of directly seeing and feeling the object, he would not only explore the inside but also link to human's moral and tried to expand the meaning and the perception looking through the object. When facing the object, he would consider whether the object and himself could be related to one another. Thus, he examined that a person would be able to find the virtue from the object that they love. <Jungsijajŏn>(丁侍者傳) draws the reader into the acquaintance of Sikyoungam and Jungsija, the process in which Jungsija becoming a SukJang, and also the scene where Sikyoungam sends off Jungsija. When Sikyoungam meets Jungsija and hears the story about Jungsija's childhood and his title, Sikyoungam puts himself down with learning attitude with praising highly Jungsija's moral nature. Sikyoungam learns from Jungsija that an object has more noble attribute than himself and tries to reflect on him. Through this work of <Jungsijajon>, one can learn about a mutual relationship between a human and an object, and the human attitude towards an object.

Jungsijajon(丁侍者傳), Sikyoungam(息影菴), SukJang(錫杖), personification, Buddhist literature