Chengqing’s novel is unique in that she depicts and meditates on the latent state of human existence, if compared with other contemporary female novelists. To be more exact, she penetrates into the mental world of human beings with her outstanding depiction of the present existential reality. She dramatizes their dreams and desires yet meanwhile exposes the absurd and fantastic nature of them. She, on the one hand, grants her characters the right to dream to their heart’s content, and smashes their dreams silently but resolutely on the other. Furthermore, her various writing techniques, including the clever and diverse narrative perspectives, the echoing of characters, and the reverse but open endings, not only strengthen and highlight the themes, but also reinforce the charm of the novels.

Hoe-amsa temple was renewed by Zen priest Na-ong(1320-76) in the later Goryeo dynasty(918-1392), and he introduced the institution of Zen Buddhism temple of Yuan dynasty(1271-1368) in China. And in 13-14 century, many Zen Buddhism temple were built in east Asia, like China, Japan, Korea and so on. Hoe-amsa temple became to be ruined in the middle years of Joseon dynasty(1392-1910), and the ruin was excavated recently. The purpose of this study is to make a searching examination the history of Hoe-amsa temple by analyzing the historic records and excavation relics, and to clarify the function of Jeongcheong, east Bang-jang and west Bang-jang of Hoe-amsa temple, by comparative analysis with Bang-jang architecture of Zen Buddhism temple of Yuan dynasty. As the result of this study it can be said like follow. Hoe-amsa temple maintained the form made by priest Na-ong in spite of several times of repair in Joseon dynasty, and it was reflected in excavation relics of now. The Jeongcheon of Hoe-amsa temple was the space called Chimdang where the chief priest performed lectures and ceremony, the west Bang-jang was the living space of chief priest, and the east Bang-jang was lodging for honored guest. The architecture composed by Jeongcheong, east Bang-jang and west Bang-jang was the adaptation of institution of Bang-jang architecture of Zen Buddhism temple in Yuan dynasty, on the base of general architecture form of Goryeo dynasty.