The Research On Wang Wei’s Spiritual World

Wang Wei was eminently famous for his literature in the Tang dynasty. Theideology of Emperor Daizong of Tang is World literature can highlight generations,with poetry and prose conforming to the mainstream of social consciousness. Theideology was closely related to Confucian theory of to attain to a state of equilibriumand harmony. Wang Wei had profound background of the Confucianism. His literaturehad characteristics of "complaining not dewing", and his moral principles were servethe country and help the people, conform to the honesty and morality, which werethe basic human requirements and regulations of cultural officials. On the bases ofthese, Wang Wei achieved mastery of three religions, and his Zen philosophy wasdeeper and deeper with increasing age and indifferent to earthliness. Ultimately, heachieved success of poetry Buddha.With the declining of aristocracy family of power and influence and the improvingof imperial examination system, Confucian philosophy inevitably became the bestspirit foundation and entrustment pursuit for scholars. Wang Wei was smooth andsuccessful in imperial examination, but his official career was full of frustrations, withboth fortunate and unfortunate life. This eclectic, compromising and normal lifeexperience of Wang Wei was crucial to his philosophy thought formation. Among somany scholars and lay Buddhists who followed Li-ism and Buddhism in the sameperiod, Most of them only had Buddhist form without real practice and maintenance itscore spirit. Compared with these scholars and lay Buddhists who always separatedtheory and practice, Wang Wei incorporated theory into practice thoroughly. This isundoubtedly one of the major causes of his impeccable fame of poetry Buddha ".Official career was not the only pursuit Wang Wei exerted his full energy for. Andethereal and intangible silence and No birth and no death of Buddhism were WangWei’s complete pursuit and his highest ideal for whole life.From his early years, Wang Wei transferred from Confucian research to pursuitofficial career. He had a strong and profound Confucian philosophy of and dynamiccountry make people live happily and prosperously and benefit all the people in theworld, and he pursued the whole external satisfaction between others and me. Withthe change of time and position, he transferred to admire reclusion, empty and quiet,clean and clear spirit as the state of bring everything together and understand thoroughly. In his early life, Wang Wei had intended to seek immortal truth and learnTaoism, also out of his high-end subjective intention with intelligence, wisdom andclear exquisite mind. Frustration of official Career and loss of life are still the externalobjective factors of his profound and luxuriant Taoist thought. The tough reality wasdestined to request him to adjust states of mind in order to adapt to the objective socialenvironment and achieve inner peace. The Specific performances was indifferent andinaction to physical reality, empty and quiet in mind and mood, bringing everythingtogether and understand thoroughly for aesthetic rules.Wang Wei’s family background and individual character still were the importantreasons of his poetry Buddha achievement. With the further decline of the aristocratfamily system in Tang Dynasty, Buddhism lost stable and material support from powerpeople. The former significant and prosperous aristocratic north sect with support fromimperial government was eventually replaced by south sect with support from majorityof civilians. Wang Wei was entrusted by Assemblies of God to write monument togreat Buddhist monk of Neng in Nanyang County. He elucidated thoroughly thephilosophic theory of south sect. During the process of South sect gradually gaininglegitimacy and authority position, it had great support from Wang Wei who hadenormous influence in China’s the literary circles. Among so many scholars and layBuddhists who followed Li-ism and Buddhism in the same period, Wang Weiincorporated theory into practice thoroughly, mastered Li-ism and Buddhism with finesincerity and proficiency, incorporated both South and north Zen thought, carried onDun sect and Jian sect at the same time without confliction. He regulated dailybehavior with precepts of Dun sect, to practice art creation with intuition andapperception. As Buddhist philosophy disseminated fully his inner world, he strived topursue perfection diligently for his whole life.Wang Wei fully understood constructive and interesting implication separation ofbody and heart and come out of the earthliness, but unsoiled, and he operated inboth mind and physical life. The formation of Buddhism and Zen ontology wasassociated with Wang Wei’s social environment there and Influence of childhood, andmore with Wang Wei’s character, natural instincts, interests, skills and aestheticthought. His ontology expression showed "empty" thought. Wang Wei’s "empty"thought derived from Taoist philosophy of destroy", death "," change" from SixDynasties, and instilled new content with his individual and unique understanding ofBuddhism classical theory, which got rid of fame and surface things, defined the stateof Zen incredibly and expressively. Epistemology showed the thought of the only proper course to take ". Wang Wei ended the contend of to have and to lost,ascertained exist and "destroy " like smoke, dream and fantasy, was aware that therewas no dirty world and clear world with no differences between them, and formedan unified view of things and myself, full and " empty ", all living creatures,Various ideas, beyond the world of life and realize one’s own value in real life.The opposite theory of Confucian, Taoism were all include in the only proper courseto take "of Buddhism, which achieved the highest wisdom of Prajna, and at lastaccomplished Wang Wei’s thought of Zen Buddhism. Practice theory expressed thethought of get rid of stubbornness on all things. Wang Wei was good at turningordinary state into the state of Zen, which to remove personal bias toward the usualenvironment in mortal earth and process the material things with freedom and interest.When he removed personal bias toward the usual environment in mortal earth, WangWei showed the concept of let something go naturally and adopt environment, and hehad full physical and mental relief and relax which in his eyes, everything in theuniverse were all going smoothly and fulfilled his desire. In Realm theory this statewas come out of the earthliness, but unsoiled and Inclusive to all kinds ofearthliness, the world is as how you feel it. and desolate silence in nature.Difference from other official class who yearned for and practice with thought ofa Learning Both Sound in Theory and Practice, for the differences between idealand reality, he put forward the theory of Outsiders Within Days, which turned thepure Confucian ideal mode of governing country into a state with evolution beyond theperfect personality, administration of country conforming to nature and spiritualrealm reaching nirvana. That was to realize a learning both sound in theory andpractice in external Morality and behavior, and internal empty and clean heart. WangWei’s thought of separation of body and heart was based on deep understanding ofthe core truth freedom nature of Zen. Freedom nature was the Zen and Buddhismtheoretic foundation of separation of body and heart and come out of the earthliness,but unsoiled was the ultimate way of life of separation of body and heart. WangWei’s inner world and philosophical thought fully reflected the harmony both inindividual inner world and outside environment. Wang Wei’s separation of body andheart in fact form a fulfillment and perfection interactive with outside world,everything in the universe all going smoothly and flexibly at his pleasure, rather thanagainst external realm. Wang Wei’s Zen thought expressed in individual characteristicsand self verification, which was different from those who attempted to get relief fromother ways. He maintained self esteem, self confidence and self complacency continuously. The nature of Buddhism and Zen was Buddha, which form theoreticsupport to self consciousness of traditional scholars and bureaucrats. To build a idealstructure of spiritual world above material requirement, to treat all things co-exist asthe basic prerequisite and starting point, to form a rational way of existence withstrong spiritual power and social identity, all these are the traditions of harmonioussociety construction, and great promotion of traditional society stability.