Zen Buddhism in Wang Wei's Poems

Wang Wei is a representative idylist in Tang dynasty. Due to his special social position,family background and his frustrating experience,he turned to Zen Buddhism for comfort, which later became an important part of his outlook in life. Influenced by Zen Buddhism, Wang Wei's poems seem to stand aloof from worldly affairs,and have a unique characteristic of quietness. Another reason for Wang Wei to show Zen Buddhism in his poems is that there are common characteristics between Buddhist thinking and Literary thinking: Weighing haeavily on experience and imangination. Therefore,he can express his feelings toward Buddhism through his literature works.