Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism Spirit in Literary Works of Su Shi

• Main Authors: CHENG, YU-HSIN, 鄭育欣
• Other Authors: 蔡翊鑫
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63166350103296960252

碩士 === 玄奘大學 === 宗教學系碩士在職專班 === 103 === Su Shi was a versatile writer and artist, and his works which scholars in the past were eager to research upon are in extensive areas including prose, poetry, verse, argumentative writings, letters, and even Chinese calligraphy and painting. Based on the research of those predecessors, this study integrates, probes into and analyzes documents, and presents its argument from the angle of religion, hoping to induce and organize Su Shi's philosophy and religious thought from his works. This study is divided into six chapter. The first chapter is the introduction which illustrates the motivation and purpose of the study, as well as the range, methods and structure of the study. In addition, it discusses literature review and research, and restrictions derived from reviewing the study. The second chapter analyzes the influence of Su Shi's background on religious spirit in his works. The key point of the chapter is not on narrative introduction of his background, but to explain the reason of integrating religion into his works by spatial-temporal contrast. The third, fourth and fifth chapters probe into his prose, poetry and verse with the thought of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism respectively, and classify these works systematically. Based on the comparison and analysis of the previous three chapters, the sixth chapter concludes that Su Shi's works have certainly blended the elements of thought of the three schools. Documents researching upon Su Shi show that most scholars focus on Su Shi's contributions to literature, his perspective on life or merely on the thought of one school. Few researches probe into his religious viewpoint and into whether his works contain the thought of the three schools. Different from other theses, this study starts from the perspective of religion to research upon the Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism spirit of Su Shi's literary works.