The Mistake Of Analyzing Poetics Metaphorically With Zen

The Zen belongs to the religion, having a foothold in the other shore world; The poem belongs to the art, the root plants here the shore world. They are two kinds of different consciousness appearances, having the hypostatic dissimilarity for the value and effects of the life. However, the Zen established behind from the rebellion of An Lushan and Shi Siming of Tang Dynasty, taking place tight contact with verse. Form the analyzing poetics metaphorically with Zen being put forward by Yan Yu in his work Ts'ang-Lang Remarks on Poetry, which became a kind of vogue. Many scholars and poem critics considered some poems wrote before he came to Sichuan by Tu Fu have the Zen flavor. However, the fact is really not so.First, before the rebellion of An Lushan and Shi Siming, Zen didn't make stronger development in the region including Chang'an and Luoyang. The real founder of the Zen should be Hui Neng. Shen Hui is one of the disciples of Hui Neng. He make great efforts to spread the Zen toward the region including Chang'an and Luoyang. But he came up against a lot of troubles. Until the explosion of the rebellion of An Lushan and Shi Siming, the royalty accepted the Zen. Tu Fu at that time lived in the region.35 years old later, his life is exhausted. Even affected by the rebellion of An Lushan and Shi Siming, he lived in distress and had no time to study Zen. He had little opportunity to be influenced by Zen.Second, analyzing poetics metaphorically with Zen, which itself elaborated the verse art in religion language, particularly inspiration not regulation, be free form the person's control, can't the terminology talk the characteristics of concrete description. This see similar to religion realize suddenly, however but is a superficial likeness. Form the inside substance, analyzing poetics metaphorically with Zen still exists mistakes. One, equates the artistic thought to the religious thought. But they have the differences between the treating object and the corpus affection. The poem with speech feeling is lord, but the Zen want to abandon the whole natural emotion between human life. Two, equates the inspiration to the religion realize suddenly. But the two premises are different. Three, neglected the difference of language between the poem and Zen. The language much important in poems while Zen signs no swords.In summery, the poem wrote before he come to Sichuan by Tu Fu didn't influenced by Zen but had no Zen flavor.