汾阳善昭的“代别”研究

Thoughts on DaiYu and BieYu of Fenyang Shanzhao

汾阳善昭是北宋初期临济宗的重要传承者,他将临济宗从河南传到山西地区,培养出大量禅学人才;适应禅宗时代发展的需要,解读"公案"、巧妙运用语言文字诠释禅法,其中不仅首次明确了"代别"概念,总结出"代语"和"别语"的运用背景、方法与特色。其"代别"体现出临济宗禅师的语言观,扩大了临济宗的影响,推动了北宋"文字禅"的发展。

Fenyang Shanzhao was an important inheritor of LinJi School in Northern Song Dynasty,by spreading Zen thoughts form Henan to Shanxi province, and cultivating numbers of disciples. In order to adjust needing in new times , help more people to know meaning of Zen cases and core thoughts using language, he proposed concepts in DaiYu and BieYu for the first time, summarized the way of how and when to use them. Those thoughts presented view of language, expended influences of LinJi School, and promoted the process of Zen Buddhism in Northern Song dynasty.