When Wang Wei was born, Buddhism had a great influence in the Tang Dynasty. His parents believe in Buddhism. Wang Wei was forced to be influenced by Buddhism since he was a child. Many poets were unhappy in their careers and loved to write poems, complaining about others and attracting attention. Later, they found sustenance in Buddhist thought. The idea of Buddhism is to accept adversity, coexist with it and get rid of worldly troubles, but his career is not smooth, which makes him more and more Buddhist and eager for spiritual salvation.
One more thing, his poems contain a lot of Buddhism and Buddhist thoughts. As a Buddhist, he was deeply influenced by Buddhism, so he naturally wrote Buddhism into his own poems when writing poems, which sublimated his poems, such as "I didn't know the way to Duixiang Temple, but I wandered under the mountains and clouds in Wan Li". In the twilight, close to an empty pool, thoughts can conquer the passion-dragon ",revealing the ethereal Zen of Buddhism, which is thought-provoking and makes people have infinite reverie.
Wang Wei's own word is "Cuo", which is a typical Buddhist term. It means pure, clean and pollution-free, which means that he has a Buddhist heart and is not polluted by secular life. In his later years, Wang Wei also lived in seclusion, realized Buddhism, and integrated Buddhist thoughts into his own thoughts to create poems. In this way, his poems have a strange phenomenon of politics, art and Zen.
To sum up, it is not surprising that Wang Wei is so convinced and obsessed with Buddhism that he is called Shi Fo.