Taking Calligraphy and Painting as Buddhist Affairs: Poetry-monk Shi Daxin's Buddhist Literature and Art Ideas in the Vision of Immersing in Zen

Poetry-monk Shidaxin in Yuan Dynasty is wise in the root and he has converted to Buddhism at the age of nine under the influence of his family. He was appointed Dazhong Dafu by the court and subject to the secular power. His immersing in Zen was .closely related to his Confucian spirit of using the world. He's a Buddhist, but it’s hard for him to find peace of mind. The special point of his “immersing in Zen” is that though he hides the body, he can’t get "heart seclusion", so he express the yearning for the mountain forest and Zen state by inscribing and praising calligraphy and painting works, thus elucidating the thought of “taking calligraphy and painting as Buddhist Affairs”. His thought includes Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, but it’s ultimately attributed to Buddhism. He dispelled worldly worries and worries with the principles of "all DHARMAS are empty" and "illusory Samadhi", and regarded the skill of calligraphy and painting as a convenient way to practice Buddhism and gradually entered into the state of harmony and tranquility of Zen Buddhism.