Meditation and Poetry (updated Edition)
by Sun Changwu
About This Novel
Chapters 1 and 2 introduce Bodhidharma Zen, Dongshan Method, and Nanzong Zen respectively. Chapter 3 selects two key figures, Wang Wei and Du Fu, for analysis. Chapters 4 and 5 introduce Hongzhou Zen and the literati's good Zen and Zen practices at that time. Chapter 6 Bai Juyi is selected for key analysis; the next five chapters are respectively developed from several aspects such as metaphorical Zen and metaphorical poetry, tacit understanding and words, metaphysical thoughts and music, as well as the creation of Wang Fanzhi, Hanshan and the poet monks of the mid-late Tang Dynasty. They are all specific advancements of the Hongzhou Zen chapter. Chapter 12 introduces Fendeng Zen in the Song Dynasty. The next three chapters analyze the relationship between the formation of the poetic style of the Song Dynasty and Zen Buddhism through "telling poetry through Zen" and Su Shi and the Jiangxi Poetry School. The whole book has a clear context, distinct layers, and a combination of points and surfaces. It not only strictly follows the historical sequence, but also pays attention to detailed descriptions of different historical aspects, truly achieving a broad and deep thinking. </P>The whole book closely focuses on the historical process of the development of Zen and poetry to explore their inner deep connections and historical laws. The Dongshan Method, Nanzong Zen, Hongzhou Zen, and Fendeng Zen in the history of Zen Buddhism, and the poems of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the middle Tang Dynasty, the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and the poems of the Northern Song Dynasty in the history of poetry, each formed two clear development clues, and the two clues were intricately intertwined, reflecting each other and influencing each other.
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