Taking Zen as a metaphor for poetry means taking Zen as a metaphor, taking the realm of Zen as the realm of poetry, and using Zen theory to explain the particularity of poetry creation. On the one hand, "Wu Miao" means that in the process of learning and appreciating poetry, we must grasp the beauty of poetry in order to obtain its essence; On the other hand, in poetry creation, only when you have an epiphany in your intuition about nature and society can you have creative inspiration and be a "wonderful enlightenment".
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Taking Zen as a metaphor and Buddhism as a precept, this paper explains the aesthetic characteristics of poetry. Tang Jiaoran's poetic style pioneered the use of Zen as a metaphor for poetry. "Zen is sitting opposite, talking without words, and all kinds of styles of poetry sleep without discipline."
Yan Yu in the Southern Song Dynasty clearly pointed out: "It is not very kind to use Zen as a metaphor for poetry" (Answer to Wu Jingxian's Lin 'an Book). He thinks that the theory of poetry explained by Zen is the most appropriate. ?
The purpose of emphasizing "Zen figurative poetry" is to explain the theory of poetry, rather than deliberately choosing between Confucianism and Buddhism. It is believed that poetry and Zen can be connected to metaphor, that is, "enlightenment". "Generally speaking, Zen is only in wonderful enlightenment, and poetry is also in wonderful enlightenment". Poetry using Zen as a metaphor is different from poetry using Zen as a metaphor for people. Entering Zen into poetry is to directly publicize Zen philosophy with poetry.