“愿生高丽国,一见金刚山”释源

Explaination on the Origins of the Verse: "Love to be Born in Koryo, so that to Visit Diamond Mountain"

金刚山是朝鲜半岛的名山之一。元末明初以来,朝鲜一直流传着一句所谓的中国诗句"愿生高丽国,一见金刚山"。20世纪末始,韩国大众媒体将此句引附为中国大诗人苏东坡之语。事实上,此语的确切源头虽不可详考,但从元末明初特殊的时代背景、中国使臣常游金刚山等历史事实以及金刚山本身的佛教内涵三个方面来看,它源于中国的可能性很高。这句诗从产生到风靡朝鲜半岛,一方面与朝鲜人自身的民族情感密切相关,另一方面也证实了中国文化对朝鲜半岛深远的影响。

Diamond Mountain is the famous mountain in Korean Peninsula. There is always a so-called Chinese verse popularized in Korea, "Love to be born in koryo, so that to visit Diamond Mountain". Around the end of 20^(th) century, the mass media of Korea attached this verse to the great poet, Su Dongpo. The definite origin of this verse can't be discerned in detail, but if we view it from the special background at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, the historical facts of Chinese envoys who visited Diamond Mountain frequently as well as the Buddhism connotations of the Mountain, the possibility of the verse originated from China is rather high. However, this so-called Chinese verse from the generated to the popularized in Korean Peninsula is not only related with the national emotion of Koreans, but also reflects the deep influences of Chinese culture on Korean Peninsula.