1, a flower and a world, a leaf and a bodhi. -Huineng's Tanjing
2. The empty mountain after the rain stands in the autumn evening. -Wang Wei's Autumn Night in the Deep Mountains
3. Moonlight in the pine forest and crystal stone in the stream. -Wang Wei's Autumn Night in the Deep Mountains
4, three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo, Chunjiang plumbing duck prophet. -Su Shi's "Hui Chong Chunjiang Night Scene"
5, picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely see Nanshan. -Tao Yuanming's drinking.
When I asked your students under a pine tree, "My teacher," he replied, "went to pick herbs." -Jia Dao's Absence Notes
7. It feels like snow outside at dusk. How about a glass of wine inside? ? -Bai Juyi's "A Suggestion for Friend Liu"
8. I leaned alone in the dense bamboo, playing the piano and humming a song. -Wang Wei's bamboo house
9, and thousands of sounds are quiet, but the remaining bell is clear. -Wang Wei's Chai Lu
Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in "The Heron Tower": "The mountains cover the daytime, and the sea exhausts the golden river. But as long as you go up a flight of stairs, you can broaden your horizons by 300 miles. " The "going up a storey still higher" here is the poet's pursuit of Zen. In the complicated world, people are often easily troubled by trivial matters and ignore inner peace. Zen, on the other hand, is in this detached realm where people can wash away the dust and return to the truth.
Su Shi, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote in "Title of Xilin Wall": "Looking from the side of the ridge, it becomes a peak, and the distance is different. I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but toward which corner of the mountain. " This poem expresses a Zen meaning: when people face problems, they are often limited by their subjective consciousness, and it is difficult to see the essence of things clearly. Zen requires us to keep a normal mind when facing problems and jump out of our own limitations, so as to reach the realm of understanding the truth of things.
Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in Farewell to Ancient Grass: "The vast grass crosses the plain and comes and goes with the four seasons. Wildfire never completely devoured them, and they grew taller again in the spring breeze. " "Wildfire never completely devours them, and they are tall again in the spring breeze" symbolizes the cycle and endless life here. It is in this understanding of life cycle that Zen teaches people to look down on life and death. Xin Qiji, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote in the Jade Case Yuan Xi: "Thousands of trees bloom in the east wind night. It blows down and the stars are like rain.