Uicheon
Uicheon
| Uicheon | |
| Hangul | 왕후, 왕석후 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 王煦, 王釋煦 |
| Revised Romanization | Wang Hu, Wang Sukhu |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 의천 |
| Hanja | 義天 |
| Revised Romanization | Uicheon |
Uicheon (28 September, 1055 - 5 October 1101) was a Korean Buddhist monk who founded the Cheontae school of Buddhism.[1] Son of King Munjong of Goryeo.[2] He lived at Ryongtongsa in Kaesong for much of his life and was buried there, where his tomb can be found today.
From 1073-1090 he collected Tripiṭaka commentaries from Korea, China, the Khitan Empire and Japan, which were published as the "Goryeo Catalog of Sutras" (or "Goryeo Supplement to the Canon").[3]
Guksa was his title (‘National Preceptor’); while Daegak was his posthumous Dharma name, meaning "Grand Enlightenment".
See also
References
- ↑ Buswell, Robert Jr; Lopez, Donald S. Jr., eds. (2013). Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 912–913. ISBN 9780691157863.
- ↑ Jae-eun Kang (2006). The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism. Homa & Sekey Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-931907-37-8.
- ↑ Sang-jin Park (18 September 2014). Under the Microscope: The Secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-4438-6732-0.
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