“闭户脱三界 白云自虚盈”——论王昌龄诗歌的佛理禅意

Closing the Gate to Detach Myslef from Earthly Troubles, Leaving Drifting Clouds to Change Shapes by Themselves" ——On Buddhist Contemplation in Wang Changling′s Poems

王昌龄有相当数量的诗歌在意境的营造上受禅宗思维方式的影响 ,表现了佛理禅意。内容上体现与禅师僧友的密切交游 ,表达对方外生活的艳羡向往 ,阐发对佛道禅理的深切感悟 ;艺术上在禅悟和诗性的结合中表现与大自然最深沉的和谐契合 ,通过对自然物象的纯然呈现 ,表现独具魅力的佛道禅理 ,借对世事无常、情感幻灭的体证 ,直接抒怀感物、了悟佛性。同时 ,诗人借以释解其心灵的孤独、郁闷和悲苦。因此 ,王昌龄“确实是达到了禅境的诗人”

A considerable number of poems by Wang Changling who owes his literary conception to Zenic Buddhism. In these poems the author's cloze acquaintance with monks, his yearning for a tranquil religious life, and his meditation upon Zenic philosophy find full expression. In terms of art, Zenic meditation and poetical qualities are perfectly blended to bring out a manifestation of harmony between the poet and natural existences and thus express the externalizations of Zenic doctrines. His lyrical outburstings are also derived from his observation of mortal mutability and emotional disillusionment. By doing this, it has to be noted, Wang is giving vent to a strong sense of solitude, melancholy, and anguish. Wang Changling is, therefore, 'deservedly a poet who has attained the height of Zenic philosophy.