Hyegwan

Hyegwan
Japanese name
Kanji 慧灌
Hiragana えかん
Korean name
Hangul 혜관
Hanja 慧灌

Hyegwan (Japanese: Ekan (慧灌, year of birth and death unknown) was a priest who came across the sea from Goguryeo to Japan in the Asuka period. He is known for introducing the Chinese Buddhist school of Sanlun to Japan.[1][2]

Ekan studied under Jizang and learned Sanron. In 625 (the 33rd year of Empress Suiko), he was dispatched to Japan by an order of King of Goguryeo,[3] and he propagated the Sanlun. He lived at Gangō-ji (元興寺 Gangō temple) by an Imperial command.

Notes

  1. ↑ Keown, Damien (2008). A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 3rd ed. ISBN 0192800620, p. 252
  2. ↑ Bunyiu Nanjio (1886). A short history of the twelve Japanese Buddhist sects, Tokyo: Bukkyo-sho-ei-yaku-shupan-sha; p. 46
  3. ↑ Nihon Shoki, volumes 22, Story of Suiko.

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