【作品简介】
《晨诣超师院读禅经》由柳宗元创作，被选入《唐诗三百首》。这是一首抒写感想的抒情诗。诗的内容是抒发了诗人的哲学见解。前半部写他到禅院读经，指责世人追逐的乃是那些荒诞的事情，而不去了解佛经的真正含义。后半部写他认为佛家的精义与儒家之道有相通之处，但如何修养本性，却难以精熟。然而，他对禅院的清静幽雅却流连玩赏。
柳宗元一生留诗文作品达600余篇，其文的成就大于诗。其诗多抒写抑郁悲愤、思乡怀友之情，幽峭峻郁，自成一路。最为世人称道者，是那些清深意远、疏淡峻洁的山水闲适之作。 骈文有近百篇，散文论说性强，笔锋犀利，讽刺辛辣。游记写景状物，多所寄托。哲学著作有《天说》《天对》《封建论》等。柳宗元的作品由唐代刘禹锡保存下来，并编成集。有《柳河东集》《柳宗元集》。
【中英对照翻译】
晨诣超师院读禅经
柳宗元
汲井漱寒齿， 清心拂尘服。
闲持贝叶书， 步出东斋读。
真源了无取， 忘迹世所逐。
遗言冀可冥， 缮性何由熟。
道人庭宇静， 苔色连深竹。
日出雾露余， 青松如膏沐。
澹然离言说， 悟悦心自足。
READING BUDDHIST CLASSICS WITH ZHAO
AT HIS TEMPLE IN THE EARLY MORNING
Liu Zongyuan
I clean my teeth in water drawn from a cold well;
And while I brush my clothes, I purify my mind;
Then, slowly turning pages in the Tree-Leaf Book,
I recite, along the path to the eastern shelter.
…The world has forgotten the true fountain of this teaching
And people enslave themselves to miracles and fables.
Under the given words I want the essential meaning,
I look for the simplest way to sow and reap my nature.
Here in the quiet of the priest's templecourtyard,
Mosses add their climbing colour to the thick bamboo;
And now comes the sun, out of mist and fog,
And pines that seem to be new-bathed;
And everything is gone from me, speech goes, and reading,
Leaving the single unison.