A Study on Pei Yue and His Poems Written to Monks
Pei Yue 裴説 is a poet who flourished in the Late Tang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-960). The historical literature contains relatively limited information about his life, and his poems handed down to this day are also rare. To date, he has not been a major focus in the academic literature. Eight...
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| Language: | English |
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2022
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Religions
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Buddhism
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| Summary: | Pei Yue 裴説 is a poet who flourished in the Late Tang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-960). The historical literature contains relatively limited information about his life, and his poems handed down to this day are also rare. To date, he has not been a major focus in the academic literature. Eight complete poems and two remnants from Pei Yue’s existing poems were addressed to monks, including the renowned monk and calligrapher Huaisu 懷素 (737-?), the two outstanding monks and poets Guanxiu 貫休 (832-912) and Shangyan 尚顏 (fl. 881), as well as the lesser known Chubin 處賓, Chumo 處默, Zhiqian 知乾, a nameless monk always in his monastery (bu chuyuan seng 不出院僧), and Su Zhan 蘇瞻, who was an advanced scholar (jinshi 進士) and planned to become a monk. It can be seen from these poems that Pei Yue often associated with monks: he discussed Buddhist concepts and artistic skills with them, and he both praised and mourned them. Moreover, Pei Yue was strongly averse to worldly life and yearned for a peaceful and pure land. He understood the intricacies of a number of Buddhist concepts, such as "emptiness" (wu 無) and "mind" (xin 心). He sometimes compared and combined Buddhist theories with poetic creation. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel13030194 |