Study On The Poem Monk During The Ming And Qing Dynasty

The study on poem monks is an important part of the Buddhism literature,involving the Buddhism literature and ancient literature. At present, the academiaquite neglects the academic research on poem monks after the Tang Dynasty, onlycarrying out case studies or fragmented research, lack of objectivity, integrity. In viewof this, this article selects poem monks in the Late Ming and early Qing Dynasty asthe research object, this article includes the introduction, text, and appendix, aboutone hundred thousand words.The introduction will review and analyze domestic and foreign research relatedto this topic, distinguish the two concepts of monk poems and poem monks, andexplain the significance of the topic and method used in this article.The first chapter will study distribution of the poem monks and their literature,using the method of quantitative analysis, and find the unbalance in the region andsectarian distribution. Secondly, based on the collating of works and poems, sort outthe creative situation of the poem monks.The second chapter will study why poem monks continued to emerge, from thefollowing five aspects: the turbulent political situation, the prevailing in winds of Zen,the meteoric rise of the Mind, the traditional concept of anti-foreign barbarians, themaking friends of poem monks and literati.The third chapter will study how the Confucianism influenced poem monks.Through the intercourse of scribes, poem monks were influenced by Confucianism,and stood on the position of the Confucian to write poems.The fourth chapter will study how poem monks were influenced by ZenBuddhism. Involving three stages, firstly, directly described or praised Buddha orBuddhist followers. Secondly, described Buddhist affairs through using Buddhist texts.Finally, poem monks fully integrated the contents of the above, and reached the realmof harmony.The fifth chapter and the sixth chapter will study poem monks’cases. They divideinto two parts. Part one will study Thousand Mountain Poetry of Han Ke, whosuffered inquisition for two times in life and after death, and part one will discuss theresearch on his life, the commentary on his poems, and his poetic art. Then part one will study the Song for Ten Ox, which is the works of Zhu Hong. This section willexplain the Zen origin of ox, and the Buddhist heritage of the works. Part two willstudy the Complete Poems Works of Dan Dang. This section will fully explain the lifeexperience of Dan Dang, his concept for poetry and Zen, and his concept for art, whomastered poetry, calligraphy, and painting. Then part two will study Monk Da Shan,whose alias is Shi Lian. This section will study his legendary life, and the historicalvalue of Overseas Chronicle, which is his works. I find the previous appraisal isbiased and unfair, which appraised the man and his deeds of Da Shan.The seventh chapter will discuss the poetic style of poem monks, summarize theappraisal for the poems of monks, and then reflect the real value and historical valueof these poems.