The Study Of Lin Bu In The Korean Peninsula

The famous hermit poet in North Song Dynasty,Lin Bu,who lived at the west lake for twenty years,is familiar to readers with his legends of plum blossom and crane.Not only had he injected hermit personality into plum blossom,but also became an interesting part of the west lake’s culture,attracting a lot of scholars from China and abroad.So as the Korean peninsula.It’s hard to answer the question that when did Lin and his poems get into the Korean peninsula.According to existing works,he first appeared in Lin Chun’s poem,who lived in the middle of Koryo.During the late Koryo,his plum flower verse was widely known and had be written into their poems.More various records could be found in Korean Joseon period,which means Lin had a wide spread and profound social influence.For example,the representative poetry anthology,Shi Guan,had recorded his two hundred and ninety-two poems.His story could also be found in some poetics,which mostly extracted from Chinese poetics,and others showed their different comments and explanations about some part of Lin’s poems.A few of strange verses in Guijian Shihua maybe recorded by mistake.Among those collections,Cheng Dazhong’s manuscripts deserve to be noticed.He had copied three Lin Bu’s anthologies at least,and two of them are well kept in libraries.Their original text was the Japanese copy,which was brought back by Cheng Mengliang when he visited Japan as an envoy.That’s why they came to Cheng’s eye.And he was fond of Lin,because of his charming personality and special poetic style,which brought him spiritual consolation,even affected his literary creation.As is known to all,Lin had an indissoluble bond with plum blossom,and was famous for his poems about the beautiful flower,especially that verse of hidden fragrance and scarce shadow.The poems was so classic that it was not only frequently used in plum blossom works,but also was the main image of paintings.With the development of plum blossom culture in Korean,Lin had played an important role in their daily life,including literature,art,architecture,panting and so on.What’s more,in their opinion,the plum blossom has become the most unique landscape in West Lake.Plum as wife and crane as son,Lin’s another symbol,gave his seclusion infinite romance and fantasty,and shaped him into a perfect ideal with brilliant talent,noble quality,peaceful mind who has no desire to seek fame or wealth.It formed the foundation of Lin Bu’s image together with his poetry.As consequence,it attracted a large number of admirers and imitators.The Meihe Pavilion near the Nokdong River was an example,which was bulit by Huang Qilao and rebuilt by Li Dongming.In this story,combined with its name,Lin exerted an imperceptibly influence on its master and other scholars.